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    Problem with default timezone on WildFly - standalone

    pmarek
    pmarek Feb 6, 2015 6:02 AM

      We need to store dates in UTC in our webapp, so I changed standalone XML and added default java system parameter user.timezone with value UTC.

      But there is a problem, because when I deploy webapp to WildFly in standalone mode, TimeZone.getDefault() always return CET. But when I deploy same webapp to the same WildFly in domain mode, everything works perfect and TimeZone.getDefault() return UTC.

      How is it possible? I wrote simple webapp as example of this behavior:

       

      index.jsp:

      <%@page import="java.util.TimeZone"%>
      

      <html>
      

      <body>
      

      <h2>Default TimeZone</h2><%= TimeZone.getDefault().getDisplayName() %>
      

      <h2>user.timezone</h2><%= System.getProperty("user.timezone") %>
      

      </body>
      

      </html>

       

      web.xml:

      <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd" >
<web-app>
  <display-name>TimeZone test</display-name>
</web-app>

       

      pom.xml:

      <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>cz.pm2k</groupId>
  <artifactId>TimeZoneTest</artifactId>
  <packaging>war</packaging>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <name>TimeZoneTest Maven Webapp</name>

  <build>
    <finalName>TimeZoneTest</finalName>
  </build>
</project>

       

      I also add this piece of configuration to standalone.xml and domain.xml in wildfly directory:

      <system-properties>
    <property name="user.timezone" value="UTC"/>
</system-properties>

       

      All sources and WAR are in attachment.