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openjdk-6 package

java does not handle timezones correctly

Bug #463943 reported by Snowflake
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: tzdata

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic

Date d = new Date() <-- should be current local time, but is an hour off

TO FIX :

/etc/localtime should be a **symlink** to (for example) /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles
NOT a copy of the file

Thanks!

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Snowflake (obsidianfoundry-snowflake) wrote :

Um, forgot to mention it is Java that is affected by this.

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Jeff Payne (jeffkpayne) wrote :

The above mentioned fix worked for me too. Java now gets correct timezone info and time related tests pass.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

There were specific reaons to convert it from a symlink to a real file some releases ago (behaviour on upgrades, availability when /usr is not yet mounted, etc.), so we won't change this back. This should instead be fixed in Java?

affects: tzdata (Ubuntu) → openjdk-6 (Ubuntu)
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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

there is no code that interprets the symlink.

 - first, /etc/timezone is checked
 - then, /etc/localtime is checked

I do see the correct results in lucid.

Maybe you have an outdated copy of /etc/timezone?
Can you recheck with current lucid?

Changed in openjdk-6 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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