Michael Simons commented on an issue
Hibernate ORM / Bug HHH-8617
Unexpected (changed) behavior of @Temporal(TemporalType.DATE) columns
Hi there,

first of all, thanks for your continuing work for hibernate.

Hibernate 4.2.6 shows a new behavior regarding the handling of

@Temporal(TemporalType.DATE)
private Calendar refDate;

columns.

Prior to 4.2.6 the seems to be handled like:
* Take the date from the database and treat it like midnight
* Then convert it to the userTimez...