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IV66900: JDK PRODUCES INCORRECT TIME STAMPS FOR NEW RUSSIAN TIMEZONES ON WINDOWS

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Error Message: JDK produces incorrect time stamps for following
    Windows timezones after October 26th, 2014.(UTC+03:00)
    Minsk(UTC+04:00) Izhevsk, Samara (RTZ 3)(UTC+11:00) Chokurdakh
    (RTZ 10)(UTC+12:00) Anadyr, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (RTZ 11)
    .
    Stack Trace: N/A
    .
    

Local fix

  • The problem can be work arounded using the following JVM
    commandline arguments.1)For timezone - (UTC+03:00) MinskUse
    "-Duser.timezone=Europe/Minsk"2)For timezone - (UTC+04:00)
    Izhevsk, Samara (RTZ 3)Use "-Duser.timezone=Europe/Samara"3)For
    timezone - (UTC+11:00) Chokurdakh (RTZ 10)Use
    "-Duser.timezone=Asia/Srednekolymsk"4)For timezone - (UTC+12:00)
    Anadyr, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (RTZ 11)Use
    "-Duser.timezone=Asia/Anadyr"
    

Problem summary

  • The problem occurred because the new timezones added in Windows
    platform are not defined in JDK side.
    

Problem conclusion

  • JDK has been updated with the new timezones added in Windows
    platform.
    .
    This APAR will be fixed in the following Java Releases:
       6    SR16 FP3  (6.0.16.3)
       5.0  SR16 FP9  (5.0.16.9)
       6 R1 SR8 FP3   (6.1.8.3)
       7    SR8 FP10  (7.0.8.10)
       7 R1 SR2 FP10  (7.1.2.10)
    .
    Contact your IBM Product's Service Team for these Service
    Refreshes and Fix Packs.
    For those running stand-alone, information about the Service
    Refreshes and Fix Packs can be found at:
               https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV66900

  • Reported component name

    JAVA CLASS LIBS

  • Reported component ID

    620700130

  • Reported release

    600

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2014-11-12

  • Closed date

    2014-12-24

  • Last modified date

    2014-12-24

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

    IV66901

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    JAVA CLASS LIBS

  • Fixed component ID

    620700130

Applicable component levels

  • R600 PSY

       UP

  • R700 PSY

       UP

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Document Information

Modified date:
24 December 2014