Method java.util.TimeZone#setDefaultZone has catch for NullPointerException:

        // if the time zone ID is not set (yet), perform the
        // platform to Java time zone ID mapping.
        if (zoneID == null || zoneID.isEmpty()) {
            String javaHome = StaticProperty.javaHome();
            try {
                zoneID = getSystemTimeZoneID(javaHome);
                if (zoneID == null) {
                    zoneID = GMT_ID;
                }
            } catch (NullPointerException e) {
                zoneID = GMT_ID;
            }
        }

But NPE couldn't happen in try block. We can remove catch block to simplify code a bit.