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Indeed. The time zone database is managed by IANA [1] and is the de facto standard of time-zone management, and used by almost every platform (including GNU, iO
by lobster_johnson 13y ago
Indeed. The time zone database is managed by IANA [1] and is the de facto standard of time-zone management, and used by almost every platform (including GNU, iOS/OS X, Android and *BSD) [2] except Windows. The database itself is in the public domain. For Java, it looks like Joda Time implements tz compatibility.
[1] http://www.iana.org/time-zones http://www.iana.org/time-zones
[2] http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tz-link.html http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tz-link.html
- MatthewPhillips 13y agoSo, it isn't supported on Windows? How is that not a deal-breaker for a runtime like Java?
- lobster_johnson 13y agoIt's supported, of course, just not provided by the OS.
- bonzoesc 13y agoThat's one of the reasons Java ships its own; if some systems have different or absent system databases, Java's should still act the same as it does anywhere.