Bug ID: JDK-6300580 (tz) TimeZone.getDisplayName should not take useDaylightTime() value into account

JDK-6300580 : (tz) TimeZone.getDisplayName should not take useDaylightTime() value into account

Type: Bug
Component: core-libs
Sub-Component: java.util:i18n
Affected Version: 5.0,6

Priority: P3
Status: Resolved
Resolution: Fixed
OS: generic
CPU: generic

Submitted: 2005-07-22
Updated: 2017-05-16
Resolved: 2005-08-15

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JDK 6
6 b48Fixed

Related Reports

Duplicate :	JDK-6228604 - (tz) Date.toString doesn't produce the daylight saving time abbreviation with Asia/Shanghai
Relates :	JDK-6301283 - test/sun/util/resources/TimeZone/Bug4858517.java fails
Relates :	JDK-6955047 - (tz) javadoc for TimeZone.getDisplayName(boolean daylight, int style, Locale locale) is not clear
Relates :	JDK-6301287 - Pluggable locale tests fail

Description

Because useDaylightTime() can return only the information of the last known DST rules. It causes a problem if older time stamps use some different DST rules.

Comments

EVALUATION The getDisplayName method should fully rely on the given daylight value.

22-07-2005