I won't block this change, but I remain unenthused. There are other ways to control the time-zone data, and since tzdb.dat is currently a private format file that is part of the internals of the JDK, it seems odd to be exposing it.
Having the tzdb.dat as a versioned module that could be replaced, or linked in would, by contrast, be potentially very useful. Stephen On 7 July 2016 at 15:53, Seán Coffey <[email protected]> wrote: > Looking to add a new implementation specific system property which would > allow the user to specify the location of the tzdb.dat file. > > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8153044 > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coffeys/webrev.8153044/webrev/ > > -- > Regards, > Sean. >
