date parse errors again...

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "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