new java dst bug

[Nathan Meyers]

Danny wrote:
> Code:
> -------
> public class Test
> {
>    public static void main(String[] args)
>    {
>        System.out.println(new java.util.Date());
>    }
> }
> -------
> 
> This file must be named Test.java
> To compile, type "javac Test.java -source 1.3 -target 1.3"
>   (this should allow it to be run on any version of java beginning as
> low as 1.3)
> To run, type "java Test"
> 
> You should compile it with the version you plan on testing
> 
> I wasn't aware of a "new bug in java's dst patch"...how new are we talking?

There's a DST bug with parsing of times with timezones. It's not new (it
predates the current DST madness by a long time), but it's gotten a lot
of attention lately:

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102836-1&searchclause=

Nathan

> 
> -Danny Robert
> 
> Quoting "Boland, John" <jboland at citistreetonline.com>:
> 
>> folks,
>>
>> i'm sure by now, everyone is aware of the NEW bug found in java's dst
>> patch.
>>
>> i need the dumbest, simplest, easiest java code to run on several
>> different versions of java on several different o/s'es to display the
>> current time.
>>
>> my plan is to load this on a server, change the time to 1:59 AM sun, run
>> the code, wait 2 minutes and run it again.  hopefully, the result will
>> be 3:01 AM sun.  i know this is a nasty, brute-force way of testing
>> this. but, i can't think of any other way.  there have been several
>> tools to test the time by checking the timezone files directly.  at this
>> point, i don't trust ANY of them.  i just want to see the current time
>> via java.
>>
>> if someone could post this, i'm sure there are a lot of others in the
>> same boat that i'm in.
>>
>> tia...
>>
>>
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