>From Jean-Christophe.Collet@France Thu Jan 16 07:37:07 1997
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 16:28:26 +0100 (MET)
From: Jean-Christophe Collet <Jean-Christophe.Collet@France>
Subject: Odd JDK-1.1 beta2 GregorianCalendar.clone() bug
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Hi Folks,

I just stumbled on a very odd bug with JDK 1.1 beta-2.
Compile this simple program :
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import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
class Test {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    
    GregorianCalendar d1, d2, d3;
    d1 = new GregorianCalendar(1997,1,16);
    d2 = (GregorianCalendar) d1.clone();
    d2.set(Calendar.HOUR, 10);
    // System.out.println(d2.getTime().toString());
    d3 = (GregorianCalendar) d1.clone();
    d3.set(Calendar.HOUR, 11);
    System.out.println(d1.getTime().toString() + 
                       "\n" + d2.getTime().toString() +
                       "\n" + d3.getTime().toString());
  }
}
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When you run it you get :

Sun Feb 16 00:00:00 GMT+03:00 1997
Sun Feb 16 11:00:00 GMT+03:00 1997
Sun Feb 16 11:00:00 GMT+03:00 1997

Which meand d2 & d3 reference the same object!!!!

Now, if you just uncomment the System.out.println... line, you get :

Sun Feb 16 10:00:00 GMT+03:00 1997
Sun Feb 16 00:00:00 GMT+03:00 1997
Sun Feb 16 10:00:00 GMT+03:00 1997
Sun Feb 16 11:00:00 GMT+03:00 1997

Which is the correct result.
Any idea about this ?

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Jean-Christophe Collet (aka "Jessie") | Sun Microsystems France
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