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Re: date parse errors again...
Excuse my ignorance; what does "fairly recent Mauve regressions" mean?
Quoting Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>:
> >>>>> "Niklas" == Niklas Fondberg <niklas.fondberg@i3micro.com> writes:
>
> Niklas> I get totally different results of the parsed date with jdk
> Niklas> 1.3 (sun) and gcj 3.0.2. How come? I tried everything but the
> Niklas> only way I could get it to work in gcj was to set the
> Niklas> DateFormat timezone to my own! Which is strange because
> Niklas> obviously it allways is GMT in HTTP responses.
>
> There are probably bugs in the libgcj date parsing classes. I've
> noticed some fairly recent Mauve regressions in date parsing. I
> haven't had the time to investigate though. I have noticed in the
> past that the date parsing code is very tricky. It is hard to avoid
> introducing regressions :-(
>
> Tom
>
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Niklas Fondberg I3 Micro Technology
niklas.fondberg@i3micro.org