diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index dc94efbc3a0..242b2b11534 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-09-25  Jesse Rosenstock  <jmr@ugcs.caltech.edu>
+
+	* java/util/TimeZone.java (getDSTSavings): New method.
+	Fixes PR libgcj/7786.
+
 2002-09-25  Jesse Rosenstock  <jmr@ugcs.caltech.edu>
 
 	* resolve.cc (_Jv_ResolvePoolEntry) [end_of_method_search]: Check
diff --git a/libjava/java/util/TimeZone.java b/libjava/java/util/TimeZone.java
index eba22363d18..6d4493001f6 100644
--- a/libjava/java/util/TimeZone.java
+++ b/libjava/java/util/TimeZone.java
@@ -960,6 +960,22 @@ public abstract class TimeZone implements java.io.Serializable, Cloneable
    */
   public abstract boolean inDaylightTime(Date date);
 
+  /**
+   * Gets the daylight savings offset.  This is a positive offset in
+   * milliseconds with respect to standard time.  Typically this
+   * is one hour, but for some time zones this may be half an our.
+   * <p>The default implementation returns 3600000 milliseconds
+   * (one hour) if the time zone uses daylight savings time
+   * (as specified by {@link #useDaylightTime()}), otherwise
+   * it returns 0.
+   * @return the daylight savings offset in milliseconds.
+   * @since 1.4
+   */
+  public int getDSTSavings ()
+  {
+    return useDaylightTime () ? 3600000 : 0;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Gets the TimeZone for the given ID.
    * @param ID the time zone identifier.