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Like many countries, Australia observes Daylight Saving Time (DST) or Summer Time as it's called down under. During DST, Australia adjusts its several time zones "forward" by an hour. After DST, the country moves its time zones back by the same amount of time. For example, Sydney's time zone is 10 hours ahead of GMT (GMT+1000). During DST, they adjust the clock forward one hour, making the time zone 11 hours ahead of GMT (GMT+1100). Time Zone Changes
Occasionally a country will change its zone rules. Australia has changed its rules this year to accommodate the Commonwealth Games. Before the change, DST would have ended on March 26 after 2:59 AM GMT+1100. However, in 2006 only, DST ends on April 2 at the same time. Incorrect Time
As a result of the DST change, applications using time or time zone functionality in an older Java Runtime Environment (JRE) may report incorrect time between March 26 and April 2 2006. The time zone data in those environments contains outdated DST information for Australia. Example 1 shows time increments during critical DST transition periods using JRE 1.5.0 Update 4 in the Australia/Sydney time zone. JRE 1.5.0 Update 4 contains outdated time zone information. Notice that this JRE correctly reports a time zone offset GMT+1100 at 2:59 AM on March 26, 2006. However, the next second after 2:59 AM GMT+1100 becomes 2:00 AM GMT+1000. The JRE continues to incorrectly report GMT+1000 throughout the updated DST period that runs through 2:59 AM on April 2 2006.
Example 2 shows the same date/time increments produced by JRE 1.5.0 Update 6, which has been updated with new time zone data. Notice that this JRE reports GMT+1100 throughout the extended DST period that runs through 2:59 AM GMT+1100 on April 2.
How To Fix the Problem
To correct this problem, affected users should upgrade their version of the JRE. The following JRE versions have the required time zone data updates to provide accurate time for Australian time zones during 2006: * Note: J2SE 1.3.1 Update 18 will be available on March 22, 2006. For More Information
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