Name: auR10023 Date: 07/06/2001


Timestamp.toString() method returns wrong string representation for
Timestamp(Long.MAX_VALUE) object. The javadoc says:
...
public Timestamp(long time)

     Constructs a Timestamp object using a milliseconds time value. The integral
     seconds are stored in the underlying date value; the fractional seconds are
     stored in the nanos field of the Timestamp object.

     Parameters:
          time - milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT. A negative
          number is the number of milliseconds before January 1, 1970, 00:00:00
          GMT.
...

Following example shows that if Long.MAX_VALUE is used as a parameter for
this constructor then this constructor creates object with less then 1970
year in the string representation.

Here is the example:

----t.java---

import java.util.*;
import java.sql.Timestamp;

class t {
    public static void main (String [] args) {
        Timestamp t = new Timestamp (Long.MAX_VALUE);
        System.out.println(t);
        System.out.println(new Date(t.getTime()));
    }
}

#java -version
java version "1.4.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta-b65)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta-b65, mixed mode)

#java t

994-08-17 07:12:55.807
Sun Aug 17 07:12:55 GMT+03:00 292278994

#java -version
java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, interpreted mode)

292278994-08-17 07:12:55.807
Sun Aug 17 07:12:55 GMT+03:00 292278994

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