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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-8215795

SimpleDateFormatter("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'") parses malformed dates

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      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      Using SimpleDateFormatter("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'").parse() on a date of "2018-11-330T13:22:36Z" is not only accepted but when decoded to a UTC date becomes "Thu Sep 26 13:22:36 EDT 2019".

      STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
      import java.text.ParseException;
      import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

      public class foo {
          public static void main(String[] args) {
      String badDate = "2018-11-330T13:22:36Z";
      SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(
      "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
      try {
      System.out.println(format.parse(badDate));
      } catch (ParseException ex) {
      ex.printStackTrace();
      }
          }
      }

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      I would expect a ParseException to be thrown when the String badDate didn't match the format.
      ACTUAL -
      Thu Sep 26 13:22:36 EDT 2019 was returned. It appears Java seems to be adding the extra days onto the date.

      ---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
      import java.text.ParseException;
      import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

      public class foo {
          public static void main(String[] args) {
      String badDate = "2018-11-330T13:22:36Z";
      SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(
      "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
      try {
      System.out.println(format.parse(badDate));
      } catch (ParseException ex) {
      ex.printStackTrace();
      }
          }
      }
      ---------- END SOURCE ----------

      CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
      Using regex to match the digit characters and then parse the date.

      FREQUENCY : always


            psonal Pallavi Sonal (Inactive)
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