Name: diC59631 Date: 01/19/98


When trying to parse a time that contains
fractional seconds, but not three digits, it
appears that java treats the number as if
three digits, so 3.4 seconds is interpreted as
3.004 seconds. It should either check to see
how many digits were specified.

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class test {

    public static void main(String argv[]) {
        SimpleDateFormat df;
        Date date;
        String tdate = "30-MAR-1990 16:08:06.65";

        df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSSS");
        df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());

        DateFormatSymbols dfs = df.getDateFormatSymbols();
        String upmons[] = {"JAN", "FEB", "MAR", "APR", "MAY", "JUN",
                                  "JUL", "AUG", "SEP", "OCT", "NOV", "DEC"};
        dfs = df.getDateFormatSymbols();
        dfs.setShortMonths(upmons);
        try {
            date = df.parse(tdate);
        }
        catch(Throwable e) { System.out.println(e.getMessage()); date = null; }
        if(date != null)
            System.out.println(tdate + " " + df.format(date));
    }

Output:

30-MAR-1990 16:08:06.65 30-Mar-1990 16:08:06.065

(Review ID: 23266)
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