PM56758: EGL library function StrLib.formatDate writes wrong date for input dates 1.1.1900 or earlier in some non-US locales

Rational Business Developer Fix Pack 8 (7.5.1.8) for 7.5.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• EGL library function StrLib.formatDate writes wrong date for
  input dates
  1.1.1900 or earlier. Date is correctly formatted but is 1 day
  earlier.
  
  This has been observed to happen on non-US locales such as
  Finnish when default time zone is set to for example Finland's
  (in Java terms it's 'Europe/Helsinki')
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  When a date is converted to a string, as happens when
  StrLib.formatDate is called, the result may be incorrect.
  It can happen when the date's year is earlier than 1902 with
  certain combinations of the JVM's default time zone and
  locale.  An example is January 1 1900 in "Europe/Helsinki".
  When converted to a string, the result is December 31 1899.
  

Problem conclusion

• The problem has been fixed.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL BUS DEV

• Fixed component ID

  5724S5000

Applicable component levels

• R751 PSN

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