JDK-8041674 : user.timezone property not initialized after System.setProperties(null)
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.lang
  • Affected Version: 9
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Open
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2014-04-24
  • Updated: 2016-09-09
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Description
The value is left empty.

The value is initialized in java.util.TimeZone but will not be retained across reinitializations.
Comments
In JDK 8, the above test output is: os.name=Windows 7 user.timezone=Asia/Shanghai os.name=Windows 7 user.timezone=Asia/Shanghai os.name=Windows 7 user.timezone=
08-06-2016

public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("os.name=" + System.getProperty("os.name")); System.out.println("user.timezone=" + System.getProperty("user.timezone")); TimeZone.getDefault(); System.out.println("os.name=" + System.getProperty("os.name")); System.out.println("user.timezone=" + System.getProperty("user.timezone")); System.setProperties(null); System.out.println("os.name=" + System.getProperty("os.name")); System.out.println("user.timezone=" + System.getProperty("user.timezone")); } } The output is: os.name=Windows 7 user.timezone= os.name=Windows 7 user.timezone=Asia/Shanghai os.name=Windows 7 user.timezone=
08-06-2016