I am also affected by this bug in continental Europe. I have two Kubuntu installations, one is an edgy installation with sun-java5, the other one is feisty with sun-java6.
I tried the sample application DateTest from http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2003/jw-1003-time.html Edgy with Java 5 shows the correct time (currently GMT offset +1 and dstSavings +1) and the correct time zone "id=Europe/Amsterdam" Feisty with Java 6 however is affected by this bug (or at least a bug very similar to this one). The time is off by one hour because the DST savings are not taken into account. Java by default uses a time zone called "id=GMT+01:00" instead of "id=Europe/Amsterdam". "id=GMT+01:00" obviously does not include any DST savings. I can manually override the time zone by executing java -Duser.timezone=Europe/Amsterdam DateTest instead of simply java DateTest So somehow Java 6 under feisty is getting the wrong time zone from the system. I checked /etc/timestamp, which correctly reads "Europe/Amsterdam", and date also reports the correct time. I switched to time zone America/Chicago using KDE's application for setting the time and time zone, but the time zone in Java changed to "id=GMT-06:00", not to "id=America/Chicago" as it should. ** Also affects: sun-java6 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Java reports time zone incorrectly during CDT (US Daylight saving time) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/49068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
