IV26339: EXSLT DATE:DATE-TIME() INCORRECT FOR 30 MIN OFFSET TIMEZONES

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: N/A
  .
  Stack Trace: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String
  index out of range: -1
          at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1067)
  
          at
  com.ibm.xslt4j.org.apache.rnm1.xalan.lib.ExsltDatetime.date(Exsl
  tDatetime.java:165)
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The EXSLT date:date-time() function is incorrect for timezones
  that are offset by 30 min, such as India Standard Time (IST)
  GMT+5:30 or Newfoundland Standard Time (NST, Java: CNT)
  GMT-3:30.
  The minute part of the timezone offset is calculated as the
  remainder of the total offset divided by the number of
  milliseconds in an hour - which yields a result in milliseconds
  instead of minutes.
  This works when the minute offset is 0, but yields 1800000 when
  it should be 30, as in the following
  example:2012-02-29T11:28:32-03:1800000
  

Problem conclusion

• This defect will be fixed in:
  5.0.0 SR14
  6.0.0 SR11
  .
  The date:date-time() function now calculates the minute part of
  the timezone offset correctly.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  IV26338

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  XML/XSL

• Fixed component ID

  620700126

Applicable component levels

• R600 PSY

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