RE: UTC and the JVM

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Gary L Peskin
> 
> Java has all the settings built-in to adjust for daylight savings.
Use of
> CST for a timezone is not recommended, although it will work.
Instead,
> try:
> 
>   user.timezone=America/Chicago

Okay, now I'm six hours ahead.

I've got QUTCOFFSET of -06:00
I've got user.timezone=America/Chicago

I'm using the following line:

  new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss").format(new Date());

This returns times that are six hours ahead of my system clock (that is,
it's 23:15 on 01/12, and the JVM shows 05:15 on 01/13).  Setting
QUTCOFFSET back to +00:00 returns the time to normal, without restarting
the JVM.

Joe