Name: gsC80088 Date: 02/05/99


SimpleDateFormat does not correctly consider leap years in the
following code. This only occurs in jdk1.2. It works correctly
on 1.1.6

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

public class testdate
{
        public testdate()
{
}

public static void main(String[] arg)
{
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
format.setLenient(false);

try
{
String normal = "03/13/1998 12:22:43";
String leap2000 = "02/29/2000 13:40:22";
String leap1996 = "02/29/1996 08:15:15";
System.out.println("Normal date:");
Date dnorm = format.parse(normal);
System.out.println(dnorm);

System.out.println("2000 date:");
Date d2000 = format.parse(leap2000);
System.out.println(d2000);

System.out.println("1996 date:");
Date d1996 = format.parse(leap1996);
System.out.println(d1996);
}
catch(ParseException pe)
{
System.out.println(pe);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println(e);
}
}
}

output from 1.2:

Normal date:
Fri Mar 13 12:22:43 EST 1998
2000 date:
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "02/29/2000 13:40:22"


output from 1.1.6:

Normal date:
Fri Mar 13 12:22:43 EST 1998
2000 date:
Tue Feb 29 13:40:22 EST 2000
1996 date:
Thu Feb 29 08:15:15 EST 1996
(Review ID: 53564)
======================================================================