Environment
Java SE v1.4.x
Situation
Sun
Alert 102836 "Olson TZ Data
(tzdata2005r or greater) Incompatibility
Issues"
Sun as released a document to address a
issue with Daylight Saving time for Java
- JDK and JRE v1.4.2_12 and above
- JDK and JRE 5.0u8 and above
- JDK and JRE 6 and above
- any instance of java that has been update by the TZUpdater tool.
This condition will be apparent under one of the following two circumstances:
A)The use of old 3-letter TZ IDs, limited to: "EST", "HST", "MST".
Or:
B)The parsing of date strings containing one of the following three TZ strings: "EDT", "HDT", or"MDT".
Please read
the document at: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102836-1
Resolution
All Novell products which rely on the Sun JRE need this update to avoid Daylight Saving Time issues.