Currently, the "user.timezone" property is not defined at the API level, which sometimes creates confusion to developers.

Name: yyT116575 Date: 09/25/2001


java ShowProps

:::::
os.version = 4.0
user.home = C:\WINNT\Profiles\weinert
user.timezone =
java.awt.printerjob = sun.awt.windows.WPrinterJob
file.encoding = Cp1252
java.specification.version = 1.4
:::: etc. pp


System property user.timezone has no (empty string) value.

This breaks or disables all applications depending on this info.

Most JDKs 1.3.x and earlier have this fault.

By the way The latest version, knowing the time zone, was 1.3 beta.
(Review ID: 132527)
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