[LINK] If a clock ticks in a Klearphelled forest, ...

[grove at zeta.org.au]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Avi Miller wrote:

>
> On 31/03/2008, at 8:58 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>> Well, I'm using Firefox the exact same browser under WinXP and my laptop 
>> system tray clock is correct but the Age page is an hour different. So try 
>> another theory.
>
>
> It is correct for me in Firefox on Linux and MacOS X. Just in case we're 
> keeping score. :)

Applications like WebCT are experiencing problems due to the 
reliance on WebLogic/Java.   Java uses its own source of TZ info 
and when code is run that defaults to this, it breaks responsively!

If you use Java a lot, you might want to consider:

http://java.sun.com/javase/tzupdater_README.html

And follow the directions accordingly.   At <some uni> they pay 
a contractor vast sums to ignore my advice.


rachel

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