[DOC ONLY] RT-35758: [DatePicker] When typing year as YY, should DatePicker choose nearest century or current one? 

diff -r 3a65c617bbe4 -r 75eba40fbc29 modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/DatePicker.java
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/DatePicker.java	Mon Feb 24 19:07:48 2014 -0800
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/DatePicker.java	Wed Feb 26 13:28:08 2014 -0800
@@ -359,6 +359,35 @@
      *   });
      * </code></pre>
      *
+     * <p>The default base year for parsing input containing only two digits for
+     * the year is 2000 (see {@link java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter}).  This
+     * default is not useful for allowing a person's date of birth to be typed.
+     * The following example modifies the converter's fromString() method to
+     * allow a two digit year for birth dates up to 99 years in the past.
+     * <pre><code>
+     *   &#064;Override public LocalDate fromString(String text) {
+     *       if (text != null && !text.isEmpty()) {
+     *           Locale locale = Locale.getDefault(Locale.Category.FORMAT);
+     *           Chronology chrono = datePicker.getChronology();
+     *           String pattern =
+     *               DateTimeFormatterBuilder.getLocalizedDateTimePattern(FormatStyle.SHORT,
+     *                                                                    null, chrono, locale);
+     *           String prePattern = pattern.substring(0, pattern.indexOf("y"));
+     *           String postPattern = pattern.substring(pattern.lastIndexOf("y")+1);
+     *           int baseYear = LocalDate.now().getYear() - 99;
+     *           DateTimeFormatter df = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
+     *                       .parseLenient()
+     *                       .appendPattern(prePattern)
+     *                       .appendValueReduced(ChronoField.YEAR, 2, 2, baseYear)
+     *                       .appendPattern(postPattern)
+     *                       .toFormatter();
+     *           return LocalDate.from(chrono.date(df.parse(text)));
+     *       } else {
+     *           return null;
+     *       }
+     *   }
+     * </code></pre>
+     *
      * @see javafx.scene.control.ComboBox#converterProperty
      */
     public final ObjectProperty<StringConverter<LocalDate>> converterProperty() { return converter; }