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"Illegal pattern character 'B'" IllegalArgumentException with Burmese locales

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        ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
        Mac OSX 10.13.6
        Output of java -version:

        openjdk version "11-ea" 2018-09-25
        OpenJDK Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11-ea+25)
        OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11-ea+25, mixed mode)

        A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
        When invoking DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, locale) when locale is either "Burmese" or "Burmese (Myanmar (Burma))", an IllegalArgumentException is thrown with the message: "Illegal pattern character 'B'".

        The exception does not occur in production versions of Java (neither Java 1.8.0_181 nor 10.0.2 encounter this problem).

        REGRESSION : Last worked in version 10.0.2

        STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
        1. Compile the test case source code.
        2. Run the class using Java 10.0.2, piping through grep for 'FAIL'. e.g.:
           java LocaleTest |grep 'FAIL'

        You should get no output.

        3. Repeat step 2, except use Java 11-ea build 11-ea+25

        EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
        EXPECTED -
        There should also be no output.
        ACTUAL -
        Burmese: FAIL
        Burmese (Myanmar (Burma)): FAIL

        ---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
        import java.text.DateFormat;
        import java.util.Arrays;
        import java.util.Locale;

        public class LocaleTest {
            public static void main(String[] args) {
                Arrays.asList(Locale.getAvailableLocales()).forEach(locale -> {
                    System.out.print(locale.getDisplayName()+": ");
                    try {
                        DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, locale);
                        System.out.println("PASS");
                    } catch(IllegalArgumentException ex) {
                        System.out.println("FAIL");
                    }
                });
            }
        }
        ---------- END SOURCE ----------

        CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
        Not investigated

        FREQUENCY : always


              rgoel Rachna Goel (Inactive)
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