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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-6791927

Wrong Locale in HttpCookie::expiryDate2DeltaSeconds

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    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Icon: P4 P4
    • 7
    • 6, 6u10
    • core-libs
    • b48
    • x86
    • windows_xp
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      FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
      C:\Programme\Java\jdk1.6.0_11\bin>java -version
      java version "1.6.0_11"
      Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_11-b03)
      Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 11.0-b16, mixed mode, sharing)

      ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
      Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      Class: java.net.HttpCookie
      Method: private long expiryDate2DeltaSeconds(String dateString)

      the method has following implementation:

          SimpleDateFormat df =
              new SimpleDateFormat(NETSCAPE_COOKIE_DATE_FORMAT);
          df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));

      so it's using the default Location (in gemany the Locale for germany)

      BUT:
      the expire attribute for a cookie is given in english or like that:
      Sat, ....

      this causes the "df.parse(dateString);" in an exception


      STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
      Use the handling cookie framework in a none US Locale and get a Cookie with an expires value in english format

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      the

              try {
                  Date date = df.parse(dateString);
                  return (date.getTime() - whenCreated) / 1000;
              } catch (Exception e) {
                  return 0;
              }

      shouldn't run in exception block
      ACTUAL -
      the exception block is called, so the method returns the "exception" value

      ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
      exception isn't thrown, but the function returns 0 instead of the long value

      REPRODUCIBILITY :
      This bug can be reproduced always.

      CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
      don't know - you made the HttpCookie final

      maybe help would be:

      SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(NETSCAPE_COOKIE_DATE_FORMAT, Locale.US);
                                                                                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^

            jccollet Jean-Christophe Collet (Inactive)
            ndcosta Nelson Dcosta (Inactive)
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