Java and timezone issues!

[NoOp]

On 04/20/2009 03:30 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
> John L Fjellstad wrote:
>> Knute Johnson <knute2009 at knutejohnson.com> writes:
>> 
>>> Will you try my applet at
>>>
>>> http://rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com/clock.html
>>>
>>> and see if it gives you the correct time?  Do you have 
>>> /etc/sysconfig/clock or any of the other places that Java looks for 
>>> timezone info?  Which version of Java are you running?
>> 
>> $ java -version
>> java version "1.6.0_13"
>> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_13-b03)
>> Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 11.3-b02, mixed mode)
>> 
>> Gives correct time here (CEST)
>> 
> 
> John:
> 
> Do you have a /etc/sysconfig/clock file?  Adding the 
> /etc/sysconfig/clock file makes mine work correctly.  It has an entry in it;
> 
> ZONE="America/Los_Angeles"
> 
> and leaving off the quotes makes it NOT work.  This might be the real 
> work-around.
> 
> Thanks,
> 

While that does work (on my intrepid systems), it creates the problem of
having to change the file each time you move from one timezone to
another (think laptop + travel). So in order to use it as a reasonable
workaround, I think you'd need to figure out how to have the file be
automatically updated from /etc/timezone. Otherwise your stuck on left
coast time forever.

Further, I think that it's important to figure out why the issue doesn't
occur on hardy, but does occur on intrepid. Both hardy systems that I
tested are upgrades from d-e-f-g-hardy. I've another system that has a
fresh hardy install on it that I can test tomorrow to see if it occurs
on that system as well.