Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Timezones and versions of Java Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 19:34:56 -0700 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Roedy Green NNTP-Posting-Host: RCd/Ul4tyxGUBII8WGwa5g.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4559 On Mon, 23 May 2011 07:38:54 -0700 (PDT), loial wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : > > >Do I need to do something different in Java 1.6?. read the release notes for the two versions and those in between to see the corrections made to timezone data. Timezones are as goofy as the spellings of female babies. It is big job to keep track of all the eccentricities. The later version will be the more correct. -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com How long did it take after the car was invented before owners understood cars would not work unless you regularly changed the oil and the tires? We have gone 33 years and still it is rare to uncover a user who understands computers don't work without regular backups.