java time

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Robin Laing wrote:
> Mike Markiw III wrote:
> 
>>
>>> Is it just me, or are the output of both the "date" command and the java
>>> program exactly the same? :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> Close, but no cigar ;-)  The hours are different by 1 (22 hundred 
>> hours vs. 23 hundred hours).  I would check to see if the daylight 
>> savings time settings are the reason.  With a difference of only one 
>> hour, it seems like a strange but possible culprit.  Just a thought.
>>
>> -Mike
>>
>>
>>
> 
> My shell date command indicates that it is in DST.
> 
> Try it on Monday and see what happens.  Daylight savings time will be 
> over. :)
> 

But his timezone was GEST in both cases.  I'm not familiar with that 
timezone.  Does it have DST?  Does it end when the USA's ends?

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