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  2. JDK-8203280

Calendar instance returns different first day of week in JDK 10

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      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      Execute the following unit test in JDK 1.8.0_172 and in JDK 10.0.1.

      @Test
      public void testCalendar() {
              TimeZone utc = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
              Locale en = Locale.forLanguageTag("en");
              int firstDayOfWeek = Calendar.getInstance(utc, en).getFirstDayOfWeek();
              Assert.assertEquals(1, firstDayOfWeek);

              TimeZone europeBerlin = TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/Berlin");
              Locale de = Locale.forLanguageTag("de");
              firstDayOfWeek = Calendar.getInstance(europeBerlin, de).getFirstDayOfWeek();
              Assert.assertEquals(2, firstDayOfWeek);
      }

      In JDK 1.8.0_172 the test passes. In JDK 10.0.1 it fails. In JDK 10 the getFirstDayOfWeek() method returns 1. Why?

      REGRESSION : Last worked in version 8u172

      STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
      Execute the attached unit test in JDK 1.8.0_172 and in JDK 10.0.1.

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      See assertions in attached unit test.

      ---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
      @Test
          public void testCalendar() {
              TimeZone utc = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
              Locale en = Locale.forLanguageTag("en");
              int firstDayOfWeek = Calendar.getInstance(utc, en).getFirstDayOfWeek();
              Assert.assertEquals(1, firstDayOfWeek);

              TimeZone europeBerlin = TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/Berlin");
              Locale de = Locale.forLanguageTag("de");
              firstDayOfWeek = Calendar.getInstance(europeBerlin, de).getFirstDayOfWeek();
              Assert.assertEquals(2, firstDayOfWeek);
          }
      ---------- END SOURCE ----------

      FREQUENCY : always


            psonal Pallavi Sonal (Inactive)
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