[jlodge 01/07/1997]

o Discovered some possible i18n problems with class java.text.SimpleDateFormat
  when used in the 'es' locale. Discovered using the sample program
  WorldClock.java, attainable from
  /net/gpe/export/home1/WWW/www-i18n-web/i18n-samples/nabe

Exception occurred during event handling:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal pattern character - ''
        at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.subFormat(SimpleDateFormat.java)
        at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.format(SimpleDateFormat.java)
        at java.text.DateFormat.format(DateFormat.java)
        at WorldClock.paint(WorldClock.java:67)
        at WorldClock.update(WorldClock.java:57)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java)
        
      ...error repeats constantly as thread updates time.