Name: dfC67450 Date: 01/16/98



The java.text.SimlpeDateFormat.parse(String, ParsePosition) throws unexpected
StringIndexOutOfBoundsException when String parameter contains incorrectly
formatted date.
Javadoc says about java.text.DateFormat.parse(String text, ParsePosition pos) method:
     *
     * @return A Date, or null if the input could not be parsed
     *

Here is the test demonstrating the bug:

-----------------Test.java------------------------
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Test {
    public static void main (String args[]){
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat();
        String pattern = "'time' hh:mm";
        sdf.applyPattern(pattern);
        System.out.println("pattern: \"" + pattern + "\"");
        System.out.println();

      // works correctly
        ParsePosition pp = new ParsePosition(0);
        String text = "time ";
        System.out.println(" text: \"" + text + "\"");
        Date date = sdf.parse(text, pp);
        System.out.println(" date: " + date);
        System.out.println();

      // works wrong
        pp = new ParsePosition(0);
        text = "time";
        System.out.println(" text: \"" + text + "\"");
        date = sdf.parse(text, pp);
        System.out.println(" date: " + date);

   }

}

---------Output from the test---------------------
pattern: "'time' hh:mm"
 
  text: "time "
  date: null
 
  text: "time"
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 4
        at java.lang.String.charAt(String.java)
        at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.parse(SimpleDateFormat.java)
        at Test.main(Test.java:23)
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