Hi, Looking at current times coming from the tz-database http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/xtra/tzdatepick.html The daylight savings offset for the following (atleast) haven't been taken into account: Australia/Melbourne Australia/Sydney Using the icu java classes http://www.icu-project.org/ to read from the tz-database is producing the same results. Doing some testing, the daylight savings offset doesn't come into effect until doesn't start until the 26th October. But has in actual fact daylight savings in Melbourne and Sydney has already started (5th October). Cheers. *************************************************************************** CAUTION: This email message and accompanying data may contain information that is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you have received this email message in error, please notify us immediately and erase all copies of this message and attachments. Thank you. ***************************************************************************