[jdk8u] RFR: 8339637: (tz) Update Timezone Data to 2024b

[Andrew John Hughes]

On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 21:48:12 GMT, Dmitry Cherepanov <dcherepanov at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > > * generated rearguard version using the steps cd tzdb-2024b && make rearguard_tarballs and applied the rearguard version to make/jdk & jdk/test
> > > * backported test changes, changes in TestZoneInfo310.java didn’t apply cleanly due to gmt tzdata removed in 11u (by [JDK-8212970](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8212970)) but existing in 8u
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> > I assume you also applied the change discussed [here](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk21u-dev/pull/1143#pullrequestreview-2440030181).
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> Right, I cherry-picked the change from 11u patch.

Yes, it's usually best to work with the most recent backport rather than the original patch as issues like this can be resolved in earlier backports. You don't want to re-do all the work from each prior backport.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u/pull/69#issuecomment-2702651044