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JDK Is Seeing Incorrect Default Timezone on Windows Platform (Doc ID 420075.1)

Last updated on JUNE 06, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Containers for J2EE - Version 9.0.4.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

You are running Oracle Application Server or Oracle Containers for J2EE on a Windows platform and have revised the O/S settings for your windows system by using Microsoft's "tzedit.exe"  or  "timezone.exe".

After doing so, java processes running on the system are not correctly setting the default timezone for the JVM process for the O/S default value, though that appears to be set correctly in the "Date/Time Settings" control panel.

When you run the DstTest tes case (from Note#409144.1) the "Current TimeZone" is shown as "GMT" which does not support Daylight Time:

Cause

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