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+++ new/test/java/text/Format/DateFormat/Bug7177315.java	2013-06-06 11:06:41.000000000 +0900
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 7177315
+ * @summary Make sure that space characters are properly skipped when
+ *          parsing 2-digit year values.
+ */
+
+import java.text.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+public class Bug7177315 {
+    private static final String EXPECTED = "01/01/2012";
+    private static final String[] DATA = {
+        "01/01/12",
+        "01/01/ 12",
+        "01/01/       12",
+        "1/1/12",
+        "1/1/  12"
+    };
+
+    public static void main (String[] args) throws ParseException {
+        SimpleDateFormat parseFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy", Locale.US);
+        Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(2012-80, Calendar.JANUARY, 1);
+        parseFormat.set2DigitYearStart(cal.getTime());
+        SimpleDateFormat fmtFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy", Locale.US);
+
+        for (String text : DATA) {
+            Date date = parseFormat.parse(text);
+            String got = fmtFormat.format(date);
+            if (!EXPECTED.equals(got)) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("got: " + got + ", expected: " + EXPECTED);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}