The tz rules are fine, but a bug was discovered in Joda-Time recently. This may have something to do with it. Brian said that the bug has been fixed in the SVN repository. Joda-Time has not had a new release since that bug fix.
Erik On Jan 23, 2008 9:23 AM, Francis Bacon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Erik, thanks for your quick response. > > Yes, I replaced every file that was in the src directory to the version > contained in the tar.gz. I then compiled but it didn't work. > I'm checking those files, in particular the one for southamerica, and I > found theese definitions: > > # From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22): > # For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and > # are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all. > Rule Arg 2007 only - Dec 30 0:00 1:00 S > Rule Arg 2008 max - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 0 - > Rule Arg 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S > > I don't know the syntax to tell if the rules are ok. But they should state > that from December 30th of 2007 at 00:00, to March 16th of 2008 at 00:00 > (This is the accurate DST range, not the previous I mentioned below) the > clocks should be forwarded one hour. > > Does anyone know if theese rules are ok? > > Thanks in advance. > > > ----- Mensaje original ---- > De: Erik van der Poel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Para: Discussion of the Joda project <joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net> > Enviado: miércoles, 23 de enero, 2008 14:02:20 > Asunto: Re: [Joda-interest] DST problem in Argentina > > > Hi Francis, > > Did you download the new version of the tz database, as the > instructions say in tz_update.html? Those files must be copied into > Joda-Time's source tree before rebuilding. > > Erik > > On Jan 23, 2008 7:54 AM, Francis Bacon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm from Argentina and recently (December 31st, 2007) we started using > > Daylight Saving Time. > > The problem is that I don't know how to make Joda know about this change. > > > > I tried recompiling the jar as suggested in > > http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/tz_update.html, but it doesn't seem to > > work. I look into the fields of the Zone created for argentina and it > > doesn't have any DSTZone as tailzone. > > Until yesterday we had the same problem with java.lang.Date, but they have > > updated the timezone database definition for the JDK (by using tzupdater). > > It seems that the timezone definition indicated in the tz_update.html > > doesn't reflect the DST change for Argentina (is this right?). > > > > Is there any way to make any of theese?: > > a) Use the JDK timezone definitions? > > b) Make a custom timezone for argentina that includes DST? > > c) Update tz database for making joda aware of this change? > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > Darío García > > > > ________________________________ > > > > ¡Capacidad ilimitada de almacenamiento en tu correo! > > No te preocupes más por el espacio de tu cuenta con Correo Yahoo!: > > http://correo.espanol.yahoo.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Joda-interest mailing list > > Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Joda-interest mailing list > Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest > > > ________________________________ > > ¡Capacidad ilimitada de almacenamiento en tu correo! > No te preocupes más por el espacio de tu cuenta con Correo Yahoo!: > http://correo.espanol.yahoo.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Joda-interest mailing list > Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Joda-interest mailing list Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest
