The other major version of Java is from Sun. There is a similar DST
patching tool available from Sun. See these links:

http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Intl/USDST/
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
http://java.sun.com/javase/tzupdater_README.html

Roger Deschner      University of Illinois at Chicago     [EMAIL PROTECTED]


On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Richard Rhodes wrote:

>products more than once.
>Several products we use (not aix or tsm) that vendors had indicated did not
>need patching have
>recently been changed to require patches.  Most of these have to do with
>Java apps.
>
>Rick
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>Here is a comment from HP's web site
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> The new daylight savings time changes for 2007 not only affects the OS
> which
> can easily be patched with patches that modify the tzdata file but has
> also an
>  impact on java as it maintains it's own internal tables.
>
> This is a more serious problem since many java applications use older java
>  versions that do not support the new DST rules and will not work using a
> more recent java version that do.
>
> IBM has issued a tool called the java time zone updater: JTZU, which
> searches
>  for all installed versions of java and updates the EXISTING versions with
> the
> new DST rules; thus relieving the need to install a more recent java
> version
>  that may break installed apps.
>
> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/dst/index.html
>
> Although you can download versions of that tool for most OS including
> Windoze
> and HP-UX it is stated that the tool will only work with java versions
> issued by IBM :-(
>
> Does anybody know if such a tool will be made available for HP java
> versions too ?
>
> What is the point of providing a HP-UX version if no IBM java is installed
> on HP-UX ?
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>must have seen different docs. One I saw said applied to 5 and 4.3
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>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/18/07 3:34 PM >>>
>This patch mentioned below is just a "workaround" and is for old AIX
>4.3
>systems, as 4.3 is no longer supported by IBM.  (I guess may work on
>other older flavors of UNIX also, not sure.) If you are on AIX 5L,
>there is a specific APAR fix or just upgrade to current
>Maint Level/Technical level will include it.
>
>David Longo
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>>>> Lawrence Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/18/07 2:54 PM
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>I don't have the doc , but the 'patch' is an entry into
>/etc/environment:
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>TZ=EST5EDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0
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>then reboot
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>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/18/07 2:40 PM >>>
>We are running TSM server 5.3.4.1 on AIX.  Will a patch to that
>release be needed due to the change in Daylight Savings Time start
>date?
>
>We also have various levels of the TSM client software on AIX and
>Windows servers. This may be too general a question, but... will a
>DST patch be needed for any of the client versions?
>
>thank you,
>Keith Arbogast
>Bloomington, Indiana
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