Name: paC48320 Date: 10/16/97


SimpleDateFormat uses the default number format for a given locale to format any
numbers it had to format. If the default number pattern for a particular locale
has required digits after the decimal point (e.g., "#,##0.00" instead of "#,##0.##"),
all the numbers produced by the DateFormat will have these decimal places, leading
bizarre results.

Right now, lt_LT (Lithuanian) has this problem. The following code:

DateFormat formatter = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, new Locale("lt", "LT", ""));
System.out.println(formatter.format(new Date(1997, 10, 14, 10, 15, 31));

will produce

10,00.15,00.31,00

instead of

10.15.31
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