On Mon 2018-01-22T18:47:07+0000 Stephen Colebourne hath writ:
Does newer Java code (Java 9, ThreeTen-Backport) also have these limitations? No. The biggest limit is that offsets are constrained to -18 to +18 hours.
The traditional calendar for observing at Lick Observatory has always had days begin at local noon. This means that the time zone for the Lick calendar is 20 hours behind Greenwich. I implore all implementors to accommodate local time zones which are not limited to the list that is part of tzdb. -- Steve Allen <sla@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB 260 Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m