PM57541: CCRC/CTE incorrectly sorts by date in 'Show Change Set' panel for some locales

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The IBM Rational ClearTeam Explorer (CTE) and the IBM Rational
  ClearCase Remote Client (CCRC) incorrectly sorts the date column
  in the 'Show Change Set' panel for some locales.
  
  The locales impacted will have a Windows 'Long Date' format set
  on the client machine of yyyy-MM-d or a similar variation.  In
  these scenarios, ClearTeam Explorer / ClearCase Remote Client
  will incorrectly sort by day before sorting by month.
  
  A partial listing of locales affected are as follows:
  
  Albanian
  Assamese (India)
  Chinese (any)
  Japanese
  Korean
  Sinhala
  Yi
  
  As an example, a changeset consisting of two versions -- one
  with a date of January 11 2011, and another with a date of
  February 09 2011, will sort in the following ascending (oldest
  to newest) order in a English (United States) locale:
  
  -----
  file1.txt January 11, 2011
  file2.txt February 09, 2011
  -----
  
  In contrast, with a Chinese locale, the following ascending
  order will be displayed:
  
  -----
  file2.txt 2011 02 09
  file1.txt 2011 01 11
  -----
  
  
  Steps to reproduce the issue:
  
  1) Identify an existing changeset containing at least two
  versions where swapping the month value with the day value would
  result in an incorrect sort, as described in the previous
  example.
  
  2) In the Windows control panel, open the 'Region and Language'
  applet.  Set the 'Format' field to 'Chinese (PRC)' and hit
  Apply.
  
  3) Launch ClearTeam Explorer.
  
  4) Expand ClearCase ? Project VOBs ? [pvob-name] ? Projects ?
  [project-name] ? [stream-name] ? Activities.
  
  5) Right-click the activity containing the relevant changesets
  and select 'Show Change Set'.
  
  6) Click the 'Created' column headline to display the up arrow
  (ascending order).
  
  7) Observe the incorrectly displayed order of the changesets.
  
  
  Workarounds:
  None.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  Fixes the problem where the ClearTeam Explorer (CTE) and the
  ClearCase Remote Client (CCRC) incorrectly sorts the date
  column for some locales.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available in ClearCase version 8.0.0.3
  

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

  CLEARCASE WIN

• Fixed component ID

  5724G2900

Applicable component levels

• R711 PSN

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