Name: nt126004 Date: 07/17/2002


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.0_00"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0_00-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0_00-b05, mixed mode)


FULL OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION : 5.9


ADDITIONAL OPERATING SYSTEMS : 5.8



A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
timezone Europe/Tallinn does not use daylight savings just
now. The Estonian government changed DST policy in beginning
of 2002 and the new policy should be entered into timezone
tables.

the current description for Europe/Tallinn is:
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Europe/Tallinn 1:39:00 - LMT 1880
                        1:39:00 - TMT 1918 Feb #
Tallinn Mean Time
                        1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1919 Jul
                        1:39:00 - TMT 1921 May
                        2:00 - EET 1940 Aug 6
                        3:00 - MSK 1941 Sep 15
                        1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Sep 22
                        3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1989 Mar 26 2:00s
                        2:00 1:00 EEST 1989 Sep 24 2:00s
                        2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1998 Sep 22
                        2:00 EU EE%sT 1999 Nov 1
                        2:00 - EET 2002 Feb 12
                        2:00 EU EE%sT


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1.use timezone Europe/Tallinn
2.compare dates with timezone EET
3.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
java programs should be aware about DST with timezone
Europe/Tallinn

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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I do not have any just now.
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CUSTOMER WORKAROUND :
use timezone EET instead of Estonia/Tallinn
(Review ID: 158962)
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