On Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:40:02 +0800, Timothy Sipples wrote:
>Java 8 relocated timezone information to a file "usually" named tzdb.dat.
>You should find that file in the .../lib directory also.
>
>Anticipating the next question, if you'd like to update timezone
>information between SDK service updates, use the IBM Time Zone Update
>Utility for Java ("JTZU"):
>
>https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/dst/jtzu.html
>
>JTZU is for IBM runtimes and SDKs, including those on z/OS. If you need a
>comparable tool for Oracle's JREs and JDKs on other platforms then look for
>Oracle's "TZUpdater." These tools (in earlier versions) debuted well before
>Java 8, so they've always been important. Arguably they're now even more
>important.
>
Thanks. Good guess. It seems up to date with a couple things I tried.
Egypt? North Korea? I wonder yet why this isn't done more conventionally
by PTF.
o Quality Assurance rules?
o Timeliness?
o Intellectual Property concerns?
And it's still disappointing that most UNIX-like systems incorporate this
facility (redundantly) in the nucleus -- I mean kernel, but z/OS provides
it only in Java. I guess I'm neglecting Emerson.
Thanks again,
-- gil
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