Re: TimeZone change - how to use TimeZone class
axrock said:
I go to /usr/local/javaapp/jvm/bin and type:
./java -classpath /usr/local/javaapp/lib TimeZone=NZDT
However I get an error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
TimeZone=NZDT
Roedy Green wrote:
1. document your bug, with some proof of the anomaly (e.g. scanned
newspaper clipping) and submit it to Sun.
It's not a bug that invoking 'java' on something not a Java class should give
that error message. That command does not follow the rules for invocation of
the 'java' command. Just for starters, '=' is not a valid character for a
class name.
As for
1. I use an application that is bundled with its own version of Java.
Problem is, the TimeZone is wrong and so to is the TZ Data [sic].
the OP does not tell us what version "its own version of Java" is. Possibly
it's an unpatched older version that predates some change in DST rules, or
it's got a time zone hard coded that doesn't match the OP's. It might not
even be a Sun Java, for all the OP has told us. There's just not enough
evidence in the OP's post to tell us that there's a bug in any version of
Java, much less Sun's.
These tables are a bear to keep accurate. The whole idea of DST is
insane. Trains ignore it. It causes too many anomalies. You can't
even do time sheets properly because of it.
I agree with you wholeheartedly.
--
Lew
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