Java Programming

Hello,

I have a problem with timezone in my java application.

My current/correct timezone is "Europe/Berlin" or CEST.

When I type the following command as my user I get the correct output back:

$ date "+%Z %z"
CEST +0200

But when I run my java application it is using the timezone GMT+0100. I have executed the following Java code to verify:

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;


public class TimeTest {


    public static void main(String args[]) {
        long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
        String millis = Long.toString(time);
        Date date = new Date(time);
        System.out.println("Current time in milliseconds = " + millis + " => " + date.toString());
        System.out.println("Current time zone: " + TimeZone.getDefault().getID());
        System.out.println("useDaylightTime = " + tz.useDaylightTime());
        System.out.println(date);
    }
}

When I run it the following output is generated:

Current time in milliseconds = 1435319087443 => Fri Jun 26 12:44:47 GMT+01:00 2015
Current time zone: GMT+01:00
Fri Jun 26 12:44:47 GMT+01:00 2015

So where does java get its timezone from? It's different from the default system timezone.

Im running on Redhat 6.6 with Java 1.7.0_79

java version "1.7.0_79"

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_79-b15)

Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.79-b02, mixed mode)