FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.6.0_23"

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows 7 64-bit
Redhat 5

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
public static void main(String[] args){
         try {
             Date birthday = parseDate("1965-03-21 00:00:00", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");

         } catch (Exception e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
Result:
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "1965-03-21 00:00:00"


public static Date parseDate(String date, String format) throws Exception{
         SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format, locale);
         dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Asia/Macau"));
         System.out.println("tz="+dateFormat.getTimeZone());
         dateFormat.setLenient(false);
         if(date != null){
              return dateFormat.parse(date);
         }else{
              return null;
         }
     }


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Just follow the source code i provided!!

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
parse correctly
ACTUAL -
Unparasable date!!! Even worse, the date after 1965-03-21 will be delayed for 1 day!!!

e.g. Parsing a date "1965-03-22" will return "1965-03-21"!!!

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "1965-03-21 00:00:00"
 

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "1965-03-21 00:00:00"
 
public static void main(String[] args){
         try {
             Date birthday = parseDate("1965-03-21 00:00:00", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");

         } catch (Exception e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
Result:
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "1965-03-21 00:00:00"


public static Date parseDate(String date, String format) throws Exception{
         SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format, locale);
         dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Asia/Macau"));
         System.out.println("tz="+dateFormat.getTimeZone());
         dateFormat.setLenient(false);
         if(date != null){
              return dateFormat.parse(date);
         }else{
              return null;
         }
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Change timezone setting, do not use "Asia/Macau or Asia/Macao"

SUPPORT :
YES