Time is one hour behind

Question

I am trying to get the time.value of
a specified time
the specified time is in format hh:mm;ss
When it outputs the result the hour is one hour backward
for e.g.
import java.sql.*;
System.out.println(""+Time.valueOf("03:00:00").getTime());
It prints
7200000
System.out.println(""+Time.valueOf("04:00:00").getTime());
It prints
10800000
I am currently using java version "1.4.1_02"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1_02-b06)
Previosly used an older version of java and didn't encounter this problem.
Can some shed any ideas why this is happening?

Answer 1

This "Time" is java.sql.Time, right? Unfortunately it's a subclass of java.util.Date, so internally there must be a date as well as a time component. And I'll bet the default date that gets used in the valueOf() method is one that isn't in daylight saving time -- maybe 1970 January 01 -- and today is (at least where I am it is), so that's where the hour difference comes from.
Try resetting your system clock to some time in November and see if it still happens.