This test started failing on all platforms with jdk8 since Jan 1, 2012. It passes with jdk7 GA.

$ /java/re/jdk/8/latest/binaries/solaris-sparc/bin/java TimeZoneTest
TimeZoneTest {
  TestPRTOffset Passed
  TestRuleAPI Passed
  TestVariousAPI518 Passed
  TestShortZoneIDs {
    Fail: Expected Zone["MIT", GMT-11:00, Standard]; got Zone["MIT", GMT+13:00, Standard]
    Uncaught exception thrown in test method TestShortZoneIDs
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Uncaught exception thrown in test method TestShortZoneIDs

        at IntlTest.err(IntlTest.java:160)
        at IntlTest.errln(IntlTest.java:165)
        at IntlTest.run(IntlTest.java:113)
        at TimeZoneTest.main(TimeZoneTest.java:16)