DateFormat.getTimeInstance().format() prints extra text

Name: wl91122 Date: 09/02/99


The output from using DateFormat.getTimeInstance().format() is
now prepending the short time format before it displays the
requested formatted time.

Here's the output from running the test app below:

% d:/jdk1.3beta/bin/java -cp . timeformat
DEFAULT: 1:31 PM 1:31:08 PM
SHORT : 1:31 PM 1:31 PM
MEDIUM : 1:31 PM 1:31:08 PM
LONG : 1:31 PM 1:31:08 PM PDT
FULL : 1:31 PM 1:31:08 PM PDT

Here's the simple test app you can use to see the bug:

import java.util.Date;
import java.text.DateFormat;

public class timeformat {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Date now = new Date();
        System.out.println("DEFAULT: " + DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT).format(now));
        System.out.println("SHORT : " + DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT).format(now));
        System.out.println("MEDIUM : " + DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM).format(now));
        System.out.println("LONG : " + DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG).format(now));
        System.out.println("FULL : " + DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL).format(now));
    }
}
(Review ID: 94808)
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