--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/time/temporal/JulianFields.java 2016-03-30 20:38:56.001212998 +0300 +++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/time/temporal/JulianFields.java 2016-03-30 20:38:55.770212998 +0300 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* - * Copyright (c) 2012, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. + * Copyright (c) 2012, 2016, 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 @@ -117,7 +117,13 @@ * *

Astronomical and Scientific Notes

* The standard astronomical definition uses a fraction to indicate the time-of-day, - * thus 3.25 would represent the time 18:00, since days start at midday. + * where each day is counted from midday to midday. For example, + * a fraction of 0 represents midday, a fraction of 0.25 + * represents 18:00, a fraction of 0.5 represents midnight and a fraction + * of 0.75 represents 06:00. + *

+ * By contrast, this implementation has no fractional part, and counts + * days from midnight to midnight. * This implementation uses an integer and days starting at midnight. * The integer value for the Julian Day Number is the astronomical Julian Day value at midday * of the date in question.