Date always 1 hour fast

Question

I am trying to get the current date and time in my application. I am able to do this using the code below.
The problem is that it works in jdk1.2.2 but when I use
1.3 (which is the runtime the end user will have) the time is always 1 hour fast.
//Use the default timezone & locale
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
Date aDatey = cal.getTime();
System.out.println("Calendar date is \t\t" + aDatey);
//Use date constructor
Date tempDate = new Date();
System.out.println("\n\nDate constuctor's date is \t" + tempDate);
//Check if the default TimeZone is correct
TimeZone t = TimeZone.getDefault();
System.out.println("\n\nDefault timezone is " + t.getID());
boolean b = t.inDaylightTime(aDatey);
if (b)
    System.out.println("\n\nTimezone IS in daylight savings time");
else
     System.out.println("\n\nTimezone Is NOT in daylight savings time");Java is using the correct TimeZone, but inDaylightTime always returns true, even during the winter months!
As I said above, this is not a problem in 1.2.2 (everything works)
To make things a bit more interesting during the summer moths inDaylightTime returns true, but the time is correct (not 1 hour fast)
I can't see any logic in what's happening, any ideas/experiences would be appreciated
Thanks!

Answer 1

Actually, it looks like this is bug 4177450
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4177450.html
The interesting thing is that I'm running this under JDK 1.3, and it claims to be fixed in 1.2 FCS M. Hmm.
Here's a sample program with output:
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;
public class DateTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Running Date Test");
Date d = new Date();
System.out.println("Date = "+d);
DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL,DateFormat.FULL);
System.out.println("DF = "+df.format(d));
Locale l = Locale.getDefault();
System.out.println("Locale = "+l);
TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getDefault();
System.out.println("TimeZone = "+tz);
System.out.println("TZ Name = "+tz.getDisplayName());
tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/Los_Angeles");
System.out.println("\nChanging TZ to America/LA");
System.out.println("TimeZone = "+tz);
TimeZone.setDefault(tz);
System.out.println("Date = "+d);
Running Date Test
Date = Thu Sep 20 11:12:56 GMT-08:00 2001
DF = Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:12:56 AM GMT-08:00
Locale = en
TimeZone = java.util.SimpleTimeZone[id=Custom,offset=-28800000,dstSavings=3600000,useDaylight=false,startYear=0,startMode=0,startMonth=0,startDay=0,startDayOfWeek=0,startTime=0,startTimeMode=0,endMode=0,endMonth=0,endDay=0,endDayOfWeek=0,endTime=0,endTimeMode=0]
TZ Name = GMT-08:00
Changing TZ to America/LA
TimeZone = java.util.SimpleTimeZone[id=America/Los_Angeles,offset=-28800000,dstSavings=3600000,useDaylight=true,startYear=0,startMode=3,startMonth=3,startDay=1,startDayOfWeek=1,startTime=7200000,startTimeMode=0,endMode=2,endMonth=9,endDay=-1,endDayOfWeek=1,endTime=7200000,endTimeMode=0]
Date = Thu Sep 20 12:12:56 PDT 2001