public void testObsoleteDstZoneName() throws Exception {
  SimpleDateFormat format=new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm zzzz",Locale.US);
  Date normal=format.parse("1970-01-01T00:00 EET");
  Date dst=format.parse("1970-01-01T00:00 EEST");
  assertEquals(60 * 60 * 1000,normal.getTime() - dst.getTime());
}

public void testObsoleteDstZoneName ( ) throws Exception { SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat ( "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm zzzz" , Locale . US ) ; Date normal = format . parse ( "1970-01-01T00:00 EET" ) ; Date dst = format . parse ( "1970-01-01T00:00 EEST" ) ; assertEquals ( 60 * 60 * 1000 , normal . getTime ( ) - dst . getTime ( ) ) ; }
africa / cairo standard time is eet and daylight time is eest . they no longer use their dst zone but we should continue to parse it properly .
