Name: tb29552 Date: 06/25/97


SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").parse(...) accepts invalid
input strings (e.g. "35/01/1971") without raising an exception.

Sample program:

import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;

public class DateFormatBug {

public static void main(String [] args) {
  try {
    System.out.println(new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").parse("35/01/1971").toString());
  } catch (ParseException e) {
    System.out.println("Exception: " + e);
  }
}
}

Console output:
Thu Feb 04 03:00:00 EST 1971


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