src/java.base/share/classes/java/time/LocalDate.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this

@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InvalidObjectException;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.time.chrono.ChronoLocalDate;
-import java.time.chrono.Era;
+import java.time.chrono.IsoEra;
 import java.time.chrono.IsoChronology;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;

@@ -710,19 +710,16 @@
      * eras, often referred to using 'BC' and 'AD'.
      * <p>
      * Users of this class should typically ignore this method as it exists primarily
      * to fulfill the {@link ChronoLocalDate} contract where it is necessary to support
      * the Japanese calendar system.
-     * <p>
-     * The returned era will be a singleton capable of being compared with the constants
-     * in {@link IsoChronology} using the {@code ==} operator.
      *
      * @return the {@code IsoChronology} era constant applicable at this date, not null
      */
     @Override // override for Javadoc
-    public Era getEra() {
-        return ChronoLocalDate.super.getEra();
+    public IsoEra getEra() {
+        return (getYear() >= 1 ? IsoEra.CE : IsoEra.BCE);
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets the year field.
      * <p>