Java and timezone issues!

[Knute Johnson]

NoOp wrote:
> On 04/18/2009 10:59 AM, Knute Johnson wrote:
>> Somebody posted on comp.lang.java the other day about problems with 
>> Ubuntu and Java timezones not reflecting daylight savings times 
>> accurately.  I don't want to rehash that discussion but the question was 
>> asked here the other day, what update messes with the /etc/localtime 
>> file.  It is tzdata that came in today's updates.  It rewrites the link 
>> at /etc/localtime that points to /usr/share/zoneinfo/??? to be a file. 
>> This stops Java from figuring out the timezone correctly.
>>
>> knute...
>>
> 
> Knute, see the "How to figure out which, if any, update changed
> /etc/localtime from	a link to a hard file?" thread started by David.
> 
> 
> 

Thanks, will do!

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Knute Johnson

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