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(tz) JRE get incorrect timezone from Windows.

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    • core-libs

      FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
      Version: 1.5.0_10.
      Build: 1.5.0_10-b03

      ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
      Windows 2000 / XP

      EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
      The station syncronize the clock with the Novel LDAP Server.

      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      My application display an incorrect TimeZone information, difering from OS. The windows time/date applet shows (GMT-03:00) Brasília, when the java application runs its shows (Greenwich Mean Time). What's happening?
      Some machines display the problem other machines the problem dowesn´t occurs.

      STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
      Execute the above source code, with Brasília time zone DST turned on and turned off.

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      The result should be the time same with the windows clock and the timezone same with the windows.
      ACTUAL -
      Actual, the time zone on windows is (GMT-03:00)Brasília and on java application is Greenwich Mean Time and the time is differing +3:00 from thw windows clock.



      ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
      No erro message.

      REPRODUCIBILITY :
      This bug can be reproduced always.

      ---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
      public class Teste{

            public static void main (String args[]){
                         System.out.println (TimeZone.getDefault().getDisplayName());
                         System.out.println (new Date());
           }
      }
      ---------- END SOURCE ----------

      CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
      I'm trying alter the following windows register key:
      1 - [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\E. South America Standard Time]

      2 - [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\E. South America Standard Time\Dynamic DST]

      3 - [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation]

            okutsu Masayoshi Okutsu
            peytoia Yuka Kamiya (Inactive)
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