[CentOS] Java not seeing timezone/tomcat displaying times in GMT

Any ideas how to force tomcat to display directory listing in local time
zone format of my cent box instead of GMT.


I tried all suggestions here:
http://marvinlee.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/java-timezone-setting-in-cento
s-for-asiakuala_lumpur/

except I use PST8PDT for the timezone....i believe I'm using this as my
timezone as this is what appears in /etc/localtime file. When using date
command it displays in correct format from bash prompt.

it just seems that tomcat is ignoring it for some reason....

any help would be appreciated.

-isaac