JR49015: UNPARSEABLE DATE REPORTED WHEN PROCESSING DATETIME VALUE WITHOUT MILLION SECONDS

Version 8.5 Refresh Pack 5 for the IBM Business Process Manager products
Download Version 8.0.1 Fix Pack 3 for the IBM Business Process Manager products

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When you process the datetime value and the input string does
  not contain a million seconds section, you might see the
  following error:
  
  com.lombardisoftware.core.TeamWorksException: Unparseable
  date:  "2013-11-20T11:19:15-05:"
  
  The date format string must be adjusted with the input
  datetime string.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  IBM Business Process Manager V8.0.1.2       *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Usually the input string in XML or      *
  *                      SOAP message for the datetime value     *
  *                      is in the following time zone format:   *
  *                      YYYY-mm-dd HH:MM:SS.fff. For example,   *
  *                      a datetime value could be               *
  *                      2013-11-20T11:19:15.012-05:00.          *
  *                      However, in some case, as in the        *
  *                      following example, the input string     *
  *                      might not contain a million seconds     *
  *                      section:                                *
  *                      2013-11-20T11:19:15-05:00               *
  *                      If the input string does not have a     *
  *                      million seconds section and but         *
  *                      contains the time zone information in   *
  *                      the +/-hh:mm format, for example        *
  *                      2013-11-20T11:19:15-05:00, you          *
  *                      receive the following error:            *
  *                      com.lombardisoftware.core.TeamWorksExce *
  *                      ption: Unparseable date:                *
  *                      "2013-11-20T11:19:15-05:"               *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  This error occurs when the input
  string does not have a million
  seconds section but contains the time
  zone information in the +/-hh:mm
  format. When parsing the datetime
  value, the wrong algorithm is used to
  check whether the million seconds
  section is in the string. If the
  million seconds section is not in the
  string, you receive an error.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available that updates related code so that the
  parser recognizes whether the million seconds section has been
  included when parsing the datetime value and parses the value
  with correct date format, even without million seconds.
  
  On Fix Central (http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral), search
  for JR49015:
  
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  platform, and click Continue.
  2.Select APAR or SPR, enter JR49015, and click Continue.
  
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  additional installation instructions and information about the
  fix.
  

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

  BPM ADVANCED

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9400

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSY

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