in JEdit v4.2, the time displayed in the status bar is not reflecting the new dst change. Insert_Date.bsh also does not, the code is :

Calendar rightNow = Calendar.getInstance();
// zone offset with daylight savings
int zoffset = (rightNow.get(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET) +
rightNow.get(Calendar.DST_OFFSET)) / 60000;

I'm guessing I don't have a setting correct. By default does Jedit not use the JRE on my machine?
At http://ablogofideas.net/blog/2007/02/19/test-your-java-for-new-daylight-saving-time-changes/ there is a dst checker that I ran and got :

Hello, you are running Sun Microsystems Inc. JVM version: 1.6.0
OLD Daylight Saving Time (DST) dates: Apr 1 - Oct 28
NEW DST dates: Mar 11 - Nov 4
Now (2007-03-15 12:48:39 EDT) DST offset: 1 hours
2007-03-12 01:00:00 EDT DST Offset: 1 hours
2007-04-02 01:00:00 EDT DST Offset: 1 hours
2007-10-27 01:00:00 EDT DST Offset: 1 hours
2007-11-03 01:00:00 EDT DST Offset: 1 hours
.-----------------------------------------------
. Your JVM is OK with the new DST changes .
.-----------------------------------------------

sorry I know very little about java, any advise will be appreciated, thanks.