jdwannam@opennms2:/tmp$ cat /tmp/DateTest.java 
import java.util.*;
 public class DateTest { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println( new Date().toString() + "\n" ); } }
jdwannam@opennms2:/tmp$ ../usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/java DateTest
Thu May 10 12:27:46 GMT-05:00 2007

jdwannam@opennms2:/tmp$ date
Thu May 10 13:27:55 EDT 2007
jdwannam@opennms2:/tmp$ java -version
java version "1.5.0_11"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_11-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_11-b03, mixed mode, sharing)
jdwannam@opennms2:/tmp$ cat /etc/timezone 
US/Eastern
jdwannam@opennms2:/tmp$