JDK Version: 1.2beta4-G
OS: Soalris 2.6
Locale: zh

In 1.2beta4-G build, the Time Zone id name for PRC is wrong, but the
date time value is right. Current id name for PRC is :"Asia/Irkutsk",
it is a city of Russia.

==========================CheckTimeZone.java=================================
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;

public class CheckTimeZone {
    
    public static void main(String args[]) {
System.out.println("Time Zone is : " + TimeZone.getDefault().getID());
    }
}
==============================================================================

java CheckTimeZone
Time Zone is: Asia/Irkutsk
I think it is not correct. Current TimeZone ids
in JDK1.2beta4-G include Asis/Shanghai, may be
it is the right name for PRC, but it is better
if there exists a id name as "Asia/Beijing" for
PRC.


jim.hu@prc 1998-05-22


This bug hasn't been fixed in 1.2 beta4-K. The following is the result of CheckTimeZone.

% env TZ=PRC /usr/local/java/jdk1.2/solaris/bin/java CheckTimeZone
Time Zone is : Asia/Irkutsk

Note that zh locale is not installed on the machine.

For other timezones, it returns a wrong value.

% env TZ=ROK /usr/local/java/jdk1.2/solaris/bin/java CheckTimeZone
Time Zone is : Asia/Yakutsk
% env TZ=ROC /usr/local/java/jdk1.2/solaris/bin/java CheckTimeZone
Time Zone is : Asia/Irkutsk
% env TZ=Hongkong /usr/local/java/jdk1.2/solaris/bin/java CheckTimeZone
Time Zone is : Asia/Irkutsk

Also, formatted date/time information is wrong for all of the timezones above, which should be filed as a separate bug report.
masayoshi.okutsu@Eng 1998-07-07


Hi Alan,
In latest several JDK builds, the TimeZone id name for PRC is Asia/Shanghai, it
looks better than before now, but I got little knowledge in this area, like
TimeZone and daylight, etc. One thing I want to be confirmed here is, before
JDK's birth, the international standard TimeZone name for PRC is Asia/Shanghai
or Asia/Irkutsk? not Asia/Beijing? Anyway, thanks for your work.
[jim.hu@prc 1998-07-24]