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Re: [Jersey] Bug in Jersey's header parser?

From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke_at_gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:36:19 +0100

Gili wrote:
> I guess it depends on who runs it. The program is essentially translating
> midnight February 1st, 2003 to GMT time. Now, I'm located at GMT-5 so I'm
> always going to end up with either 4am or 5am. I guess if you're located
> closer to GMT the extra hour might make a different.
> ...

Yes. The difference should be identical to the difference between your
system's local timezone and GMT.

So: be careful with default constructors for things like Calendars,
Locales and Encodings...

BR, Julian