java.util.Date constructor rejects valid year values

The year 1963 is rejected as invalid ; see test code below:


import java.sql.*;

class DateTest {

    public static void main (String args[]) {

java.util.Date date;

date = new java.util.Date(63, 4, 13);

java.lang.System.out.println("Date: " + date);

}
}

java DateTest
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: year out of range.
at java.util.Date.<init>(Date.java)
at java.util.Date.<init>(Date.java)
at DateTest.main(DateTest.java:9)

Compilation finished at Tue Apr 16 14:08:55