The jdk1.2.x's SimpleDateFormat.format() either produces GMT+xx strings instead of
the expected 3 letter acronyms (short time representation) for specific
time zones (see table below), and/or displays the wrong times (1 hour offset)
in several cases.
 



Procedure to recreate the failures
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1. Change time zone setting in Date/time panel of Windows NT
2. Note the date and time.
3. Using java, do a System.out.println(formatter.format(currentTime))
  where formatter is a SimpleDateFormat, and currentTime is a
Data object.
4. Compare the date/time/timzone in NT with one reported by Java.




Results:
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NT Setting TimeZone reported by Java Java VM time calculation
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Greenwich Mean time (GMT) GMT Off by one hour
Berlin, rome, .. (GMT+1) GMT+02:00 OK
Paris, Madrid, .. (GMT+1) CEST OK
Israel (GMT+2) IDT Off by one hour
Moscow (GMT+3) GMT+04:00 OK
Adilaide (GMT+9:30) GMT+09:30 OK
Brisbane, Melbourne (GMT+10) GMT+10:00 OK
Mexico City (GMT-6) GMT-05:00 Off by one hour