GitHub user findepi opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/319
HIVE-18925 Prevent failure when JVM zone had change on 1970-01-01 This prevents static initializer failure if JVM zone did not observe 1970-01-01 00:00:00, while retaining original behavior for all other zones. You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/findepi/hive fix-startup-banderas Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/319.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #319 ---- commit 98b8becb0571da00bf90e073f13f70b4a7698472 Author: Piotr Findeisen <piotr.findeisen@...> Date: 2018-03-09T22:52:40Z HIVE-18925 Prevent failure when JVM zone had change on 1970-01-01 This prevents static initializer failure if JVM zone did not observe 1970-01-01 00:00:00, while retaining original behavior for all other zones. ---- ---