--- old/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/attribute/FileTime.java Fri Mar 18 12:04:29 2011 +++ new/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/attribute/FileTime.java Fri Mar 18 12:04:28 2011 @@ -216,12 +216,14 @@ * "2009-02-13T23:31:30Z"}, and {@code FileTime.fromMillis(1234567890123L).toString()} * yields {@code "2009-02-13T23:31:30.123Z"}. * - *

A {@code FileTime} is primarly intended to represent the value of a + *

A {@code FileTime} is primarily intended to represent the value of a * file's time stamp. Where used to represent extreme values, where * the year is less than "{@code 0001}" or greater than "{@code 9999}" then - * the year may be expanded to more than four digits and may be - * negative-signed. If more than four digits then leading zeros are not - * present. The year before "{@code 0001}" is "{@code -0001}". + * this method deviates from ISO 8601 in the same manner as the + * XML Schema + * language. That is, the year may be expanded to more than four digits + * and may be negative-signed. If more than four digits then leading zeros + * are not present. The year before "{@code 0001}" is "{@code -0001}". * * @return the string representation of this file time */