Name: dg70945 Date: 09/23/98


As stated in the JDK 1.1.6 Core API Specification:

1. 24:00:00 "belongs" to the following day. That is, 23:59 on Dec 31, 1969 < 24:00 on Jan 1, 1970 < 24:01:00 on Jan 1, 1970

This makes no sense. If 24:00:00 belongs to the following day, then what is meant here is the following:

1. ...23:59 on Dec 31, 1969 < 24:00 on Dec 31, 1969 < 24:01:00 on Dec 31, 1969

As it is currently stated in the documentation, doesn't 24:01:00 Dec 31, 1969 equal 00:01:00 Jan 1, 1970?
This is extremely confusing, at any rate.

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Alan Liu (engineer) writes:

The customer is right.

The documentation should read:

 1. ...23:59 on Dec 31, 1969 < 24:00 on Dec 31, 1969 < 24:01:00 on Dec
31, 1969

Or maybe we should just say:

 24:01:00 Dec 31, 1969 equals 00:01:00 Jan 1, 1970

which probably makes more sense to most people.

-Alan


(Review ID: 37215)
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