JDK-4406615 : rearrange time zone names in the root resource bundle file (DateFormatZoneData)
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.text
  • Affected Version: 1.3.1,1.4.0
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2001-01-22
  • Updated: 2001-02-27
  • Resolved: 2001-01-30
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1.3.1 rc1Fixed 1.4.0Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-4112924 - RFE: Localized time zone display names
Description
When fixing 4112924, ~280 time zone display names were added to the root resource bundle file and those names were sorted by time zone IDs for maintenance reasons.  This change resulted in making some time zone abbreviations non-unique. For example, "EST" is a common abbreviation of 7 different time zone display names, while it was unique until Kestrel. This affected the lookup order by SimpleDateFormat.parse().

If there is any application that assumes "EST" is unique and stands for "Eastern Standard Time" in U.S., the application fails to parse a date/time string.
Comments
CONVERTED DATA BugTraq+ Release Management Values COMMIT TO FIX: ladybird-beta merlin-beta FIXED IN: ladybird-beta merlin-beta INTEGRATED IN: ladybird-rc1 merlin-beta
14-06-2004
EVALUATION Time zone display names that were supported in Kestrel should come first in the root resource bundle file. masayoshi.okutsu@Eng 2001-01-22
22-01-2001