IV27919: DATEFORMAT.PARSE() FAILS FOR CHINESE LOCALE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: N/A
  .
  Stack Trace: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date:
  "06-??-2012"
          at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:357)
  .
  The application is working as expected with IBM JDK 5.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The problem occurred because IBM JDK 6 follows format wide month
  name strings in CLDR specification whereas JDK 5 follows stand
  alone wide strings for Chinese locale.
  The CLDR specification for Chinese locale is available at:
  http://unicode.org/repos/cldr-tmp/trunk/diff/summary/zh.html
  

Problem conclusion

• This defect will be fixed in:
  6.0.0 SR12
  6.0.1 SR4
  .
  The JDK has been updated to support standalone wide month name
  strings using the command line property "com.ibm.UseCLDR16". By
  default IBM JDK 6 uses format wide strings and if you want to
  enable standalone wide month name strings, the property can be
  set to true.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  JAVA CLASS LIBS

• Fixed component ID

  620700130

Applicable component levels

• R600 PSY

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