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Asked: 2026-06-01T18:45:26+00:00

Joda doesn’t allow to create an instance of DateTime in Europe/Moscow time zone pointed

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Joda doesn’t allow to create an instance of DateTime in Europe/Moscow time zone pointed to 3 July 1916:

DateTimeZone dateTimeZone = DateTimeZone.forTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/Moscow"));
Chronology internalCalendar = GJChronology.getInstance(dateTimeZone);
DateTime dt = new org.joda.time.DateTime(1916, 7, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, internalCalendar);
// Exception thrown:
// java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal instant due to time zone offset transition: 1916-07-02T21:30:00.000

Exactly period from 00:00:00 to 00:00:47 gives an exception.

AFAICS, there are no special timeshift events at the date in Russia. The closest date is 1 July 1917 when Summer time introduced at the first time.

Is this a bug in Joda or something wrong with me? )

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  1. Editorial Team

    Here you can read that there was a time zone change on Monday, 3rd July 1916 on 0:00:00/0:00:48. The 48 seconds from 0:00:00 to 0:00:47 were skipped.

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