jdk9 vs. jdk8 : TimeZone getDisplayName(Locale.GERMAN) for TZ=MET

[dalibor topic]

On 31.05.2017 17:11, Baesken, Matthias wrote:
>
> I wonder why the display names for timezone MET changed ( I observed this on Linux and Solaris) when I compare
> jdk8 to jdk9 .
>
> The test is very small, it just outputs for Locale.GERMAN  the display name.
> With jdk8 we get a translated german timezone name, but not with jdk9  (this is a bit strange because  the jdk9 rsource file
> src/jdk.localedata/share/classes/sun/util/resources/ext/TimeZoneNames_de.java
> still contains the translation).
>
> Is this intentional  or a bug ?

Hi Matthias,

it might be a side effect of http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/252 .

cheers,
dalibor topic

> Best regards, Matthias
>
>
>
> TimeZoneTest.java
> ------------------------
> import java.util.TimeZone;
> import java.util.Locale;
>
> public class TimeZoneTest {
>
>     public static void main(String[] args)
>     {
>         TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getDefault();
>         // now test for german
>         String dng = tz.getDisplayName(Locale.GERMAN);
>         System.out.println("timezone display name for Locale.GERMAN " + dng);
>     }
> }
> ------------------------
>
> for environment variable TZ=MET  (export TZ=MET) we get :
> ../output-jdk8/images/j2sdk-image/bin/java  TimeZoneTest
> timezone display name for Locale.GERMAN Zentraleuropäische Zeit
>
> ../output-jdk9/images/jdk/bin/java  TimeZoneTest
> timezone display name for Locale.GERMAN Middle Europe Time
>

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