Time Zones Anomalies

Working with time zones is tricky per se, and even more when using the Calendar classes that ship with the JDK. But when the Aussies Down Under decide to extend the Daylight Savings Time (DST) in 2006, due to the Commonwealth Games, things get simply confusing. Luckily, Sun incorporated this anomaly in their JDK Updates for 1.3.x, 1.4.x, and 5.x.

It might be worth to take a look at alternatives to deal with times and dates in Java applications, for example, the Joda-Time library is a real jewel.