JDK-8177449 : (tz) Support tzdata2017b
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.time
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2017-03-23
  • Updated: 2018-02-08
  • Resolved: 2017-04-04
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Description
[Thu Mar 23 07:11:46 UTC 2017]

The 2017b release of the tz code and data is available. It reflects the 
following changes, which were either circulated on the tz mailing list or are 
relatively minor technical or administrative changes:

   Briefly: Haiti has resumed DST.

   Changes to past and future time stamps

     Haiti resumed observance of DST in 2017.  (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.)

   Changes to past time stamps

     Liberia changed from -004430 to +00 on 1972-01-07, not 1972-05-01.

     Use "MMT" to abbreviate Liberia's time zone before 1972, as "-004430"
     is one byte over the POSIX limit.  (Problem reported by Derick Rethans.)

Here are links to the release files:

   https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2017b.tar.gz
   https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2017b.tar.gz
   https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdb-2017b.tar.lz



Links are also available via plain HTTP, and via FTP from
ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases with the same basenames as above.
Comments
I've added jdk9-fix-yes to this issue. Low risk and important that JDK 9 ships with the latest tzdata.
04-04-2017
Fix Request Why it's important to fix this bug?: This fix is required to have the latest IANA released tzdata2017b into jdk9. Nature of the fix: The fix is trivial. Updated only the IANA provided tzdata source files and related test data. Risk: Risk is Low Test Coverage: Existing TZ related tests Webrev and Review status: webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rpatil/8177449/webrev.00/ OpenJDK review thread: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/i18n-dev/2017-March/002280.html
04-04-2017