Scheduling for fix ASAP.

I just wanted to report the same issue, but fortunately found this report, which some already created.
So my comment might be helpful for others.

Yesterday I figured out the cause of this problem which even leads to a simple workaround:

The Cause
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The endless loop (TimeZone.getInstance, getDefault, getInstance, ...) with a following
StackOverflowError occurs, when the default TimeZone on the application server is not listed
in the properties file "<war-file-CONF-2.3>\WEB-INF\classes\com\atlassian\confluence\core\timezones.properties".

In my case (I'm from Germany) the server's time zone is "MET", which isn't mentioned in timezones.properties.
BTW: "MET" is a rather unusual timezone setting here, but the obscure unix boxes in our computer centre sometimes are quite unusual, too.

The Workaround
-----------------------
The workaround for this problem is very simple:
Just add your server's time zone to the file "<war-file-CONF-2.3>\WEB-INF\classes\com\atlassian\confluence\core\timezones.properties"
and the endless loop shouldn't occur anymore.

HTH, Stefan

Stefans Fix doesn't seem to help in my case. The system runs with UTC but nothing changes, if I add UTC to the timezone.properties.
Can anybody confirm if this workaround should definitly fix the problem?

Thanks
Markus

1. cat /etc/sysconfig/clock

Copied the value of the TIMEZONE (in our case US/Central) to the confluence\WEB-INF\classes\com\atlassian\confluence\core\timezones.properties file. This worked!

are you familiar with Java?
If so, you could compile and run this little program:

public class ShowTimeZone {
public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("java.util.TimeZone.getDefault().getID() is '" + java.util.TimeZone.getDefault().getID()+"' (without the single quotes)"); }
}

You'll find the value you need to add to your timezones.properties in the console output of the program. It's the one between the single quotes.

Bye, Stefan

I think for now I'll just use the Admin page ... for some reason I didnt think of that - duh!

Add Timezone.class to confluence\WEB-INF\classes\com\atlassian\confluence\core
Add EditMyPreferencesAction.class to confluence\WEB-INF\classes\com\atlassian\confluence\user\actions

and restart Confluence.