Bug 231619

Summary: Problem with IBM Java and latest DST changes
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: Jon Fautley <jfautley>
Component: java-1.5.0-ibmAssignee: Lillian Angel <langel>
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Priority: urgent    
Version: 4.0CC: riek
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URL: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=3068&uid=swg21250247
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Fixed In Version: RHSA-2008-0790 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Jon Fautley 2007-03-09 15:35:31 UTC
Problem with new DST updates to Java.

This is detailed by Sun at the following URL:

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do;?bug_id=6530336

This is the BZ to track the IBM JRE/JDK shipped in RHEL4.

Comment 1 Jon Fautley 2007-03-09 15:36:42 UTC
Created attachment 149689 [details]
Reproducer from Sun

Comment 2 Jon Fautley 2007-03-09 15:39:08 UTC
Attachment provided.

Reproducer:

# javac Moh.java
# java -Duser.timezone=America/New_York Moh

<< output here is "Wed Jun 06 14:00:00 EDT 2007" >>

# java -Duser.timezone=America/Los_Angeles Moh

<< output here is "Wed Jun 06 12:00:00 PDT 2007" >>

The actual output of the Los_Angeles run should be 11:00:00 PDT.


Comment 3 Thomas Fitzsimmons 2007-05-03 02:25:36 UTC
Proposing for RHEL-4.6.


Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2007-05-21 22:24:52 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 5 RHEL Program Management 2007-09-07 19:36:46 UTC
This request was previously evaluated by Red Hat Product Management
for inclusion in the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release, but
Red Hat was unable to resolve it in time.  This request will be
reviewed for a future Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.