Prior to version 1.2 of the JMX Specification, the Timer service was defined to throw an exception if a notification was scheduled for a time in the past. Starting from version 1.2, the more logical behaviour of sending the notification immediately in this case was introduced. However, some of the documentation for javax.management.timer.Timer still reflects the old behaviour. In particular, the Notes in the class documentation include one that says (in so far as it can be deciphered) that past-time notifications will be ignored, and the @throws documentation for the IllegalArgumentException says it is thrown for a past date.
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