Name: gsC80088			Date: 02/16/99


Maybe related to: 4106807, 4029994

To reproduce, compile and run this application:

/* SOURCE */
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;

public class DateParser {

	public DateParser() {
		DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz");

		try {
			Date myDate = formatter.parse("Fri, 31 Dec 1999 00:00:00 GMT+0100");
			System.out.println("Date is: " + myDate);
		} catch(ParseException pe2) {
			System.out.println("ParseException");
		}
	}

	public static void main (String[] args) {
		new DateParser();
	}
}
/* END SOURCE */

/* OUTPUT */
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String ind
ex out of range: 34
        at java.lang.String.charAt(Compiled Code)
        at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.subParse(Compiled Code)
        at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.parse(Compiled Code)
        at java.text.DateFormat.parse(Compiled Code)
        at DateParser.<init>(Compiled Code)
        at DateParser.main(Compiled Code)
/* END OUTPUT */

I think that in the current implementation of SimpleDateFormat, a ParseException would have been thrown
if this bug had not existed.

However, it may be advisable to make the format of the timezone specification user-definable too.
(Review ID: 52227)
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