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From	Lothar Kimmeringer <news200709@kimmeringer.de>
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Subject	Re: Timezones and versions of Java
Date	Tue, 24 May 2011 09:12:07 +0200
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> In message <iretd3$lgu$1@dont-email.me>, Daniele Futtorovic wrote:
>> 
>> The JRE carries regularly updated timezone info (which can be updated
>> independently of the JRE) for the purpose of running in environments
>> that do not sport a perfectly serviceable set of timezone informations.
> 
> Which is not the case with Linux. Why can it not use zoneinfo when it’s 
> available?

Because these files are part of the runtime-classes which are
Java and are therefor platform independent. BTW: How is Linux
ensuring that the timezone-files are staying correct? I assume
by doing the same thing that you do with Java: Update to the
most current version. Since you do this update for other reasons
as well (bugfixes, more performance, etc.) I don't see a big
disadvantage handling timezone-calculations in Java itself.

Regards, Lothar
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Timezones and versions of Java loial <jldunn2000@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 07:38 -0700
  Re: Timezones and versions of Java Nigel Wade <nmw-news@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2011-05-23 15:45 +0100
    Re: Timezones and versions of Java loial <jldunn2000@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 08:12 -0700
  Re: Timezones and versions of Java Nigel Wade <nmw-news@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2011-05-23 16:26 +0100
  Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-23 11:58 -0400
  Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-24 11:50 +1200
    Re: Timezones and versions of Java Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-05-24 02:16 +0200
      Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-24 14:40 +1200
        Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lothar Kimmeringer <news200709@kimmeringer.de> - 2011-05-24 09:12 +0200
          Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-24 20:25 +1200
            Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-24 08:14 -0400
              Re: Timezones and versions of Java bugbear <bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> - 2011-05-25 09:55 +0100
            Re: Timezones and versions of Java Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-05-24 12:32 +0000
              Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-25 12:04 +1200
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-24 21:57 -0400
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-05-25 09:39 +0300
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-25 19:49 +1200
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Nigel Wade <nmw-news@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2011-05-25 09:35 +0100
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-05-25 14:55 +0300
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-27 13:09 +1200
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-26 22:11 -0400
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-05-25 09:35 -0700
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-26 11:34 +1200
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-25 21:50 -0400
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-25 19:50 +1200
            Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lothar Kimmeringer <news200709@kimmeringer.de> - 2011-05-24 17:26 +0200
              Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-25 12:07 +1200
  Re: Timezones and versions of Java Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-05-24 19:34 -0700

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