JDK-6377794 : Timezone display names need to be changed.
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: globalization
  • Sub-Component: translation
  • Affected Version: 6
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2006-01-27
  • Updated: 2010-07-29
  • Resolved: 2006-07-15
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JDK 6
6 b92Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-6367499 - (tz) Support tzdata2005r
Description
Two timezone display names were changed on incorporating tzdata2005r into Mustang and 5.0update.
Please update localized resources files.

SystemV/PST8:  PITCAIRN ---> PST
SystemV/YST9:  GAMBIER ---> AKST
Comments
EVALUATION Fixed and delivered to l10n integration ws.
29-06-2006
EVALUATION There are a few other bugs also related to these TimeZone file updates, but I am going to try to fix this one separately first on b86.
23-05-2006
SUGGESTED FIX Please change two entries in src/share/classes/sun/util/resource/TimeZoneNames_*.java (Mustang) or src/share/classes/sun/text/resources/DateFormatZoneData_*.java (5.0u?) as follows: *** 771,783 **** {"SystemV/EST5", EST}, {"SystemV/EST5EDT", EST}, {"SystemV/HST10", HST}, {"SystemV/MST7", MST}, {"SystemV/MST7MDT", MST}, ! {"SystemV/PST8", PITCAIRN}, {"SystemV/PST8PDT", PST}, ! {"SystemV/YST9", GAMBIER}, {"SystemV/YST9YDT", AKST}, {"Turkey", EET}, {"UCT", UTC}, {"Universal", UTC}, {"US/Alaska", AKST}, --- 771,783 ---- {"SystemV/EST5", EST}, {"SystemV/EST5EDT", EST}, {"SystemV/HST10", HST}, {"SystemV/MST7", MST}, {"SystemV/MST7MDT", MST}, ! {"SystemV/PST8", PST}, {"SystemV/PST8PDT", PST}, ! {"SystemV/YST9", AKST}, {"SystemV/YST9YDT", AKST}, {"Turkey", EET}, {"UCT", UTC}, {"Universal", UTC}, {"US/Alaska", AKST}, *** (#1 of 1): [ UNSAVED ] ###@###.###
27-01-2006