IZ69866: TIME ZONE ASIA/KOLKATA MISSING FOR IBM JAVA.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: After setting the export TZ=Asia/Kolkata and
  Running the TimeTest.java testcase customer was getting the
  follwoing o/p :-
  sdk60sr7/jre/bin/java TimeTest
  Thu Feb 11 08:43:29 GMT 2010
  sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfo<OSB>id="GMT",offset=0,dstSavings=0,us
  eDaylight=false,transitions=0,lastRule=null<CSB>
  GMT
  Greenwich Mean Time
  Curently not in daylight-savings time.
  .
  Stack Trace: N/A
  .
  When the time zone is set to Asia/Kolkata at OS level and using
  IBM Java, it is not recognized by Java. The Java output would
  show the time zone id "GMT" and also gives incorrect
  information.
  

Local fix

• Use -Duser.timezone="Asia/Kolkata".
  

Problem summary

• Time Zone Asia/Kolkata missing in IBM Java. IBM Java is
  recognizing  Asia/Calcutta but not recognizing  Asia/Kolkata
  when setting at OS level.
  

Problem conclusion

• This defect will be fixed in:
  6.0.0 SR8
  5.0.0 SR11 FP2
  1.4.2 SR13 FP5
  .
  The time zone mapping between Operating System and IBM Java for
  the time zone Asia/Kolkata was missing. It has been added into
  Java codebase now.
  .
  To obtain the fix:
  Install build 20100324 or later
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  IZ69793

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  JAVA 5 CLASS LI

• Fixed component ID

  620500130

Applicable component levels

• R500 PSN

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