--- old/src/share/classes/java/net/HttpCookie.java	Thu Dec  6 21:08:21 2012
+++ new/src/share/classes/java/net/HttpCookie.java	Thu Dec  6 21:08:19 2012
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -89,7 +91,10 @@
     private final static String[] COOKIE_DATE_FORMATS = {
         "EEE',' dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'",
         "EEE',' dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'",
-        "EEE MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'Z"
+        "EEE MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'Z",
+        "EEE',' dd-MMM-yy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'",
+        "EEE',' dd MMM yy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'",
+        "EEE MMM dd yy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'Z"
     };
 
     // constant strings represent set-cookie header token
@@ -1025,13 +1030,29 @@
      *          specified by dateString
      */
     private long expiryDate2DeltaSeconds(String dateString) {
+        Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(GMT);
+        cal.set(1970, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0);
         for (int i = 0; i < COOKIE_DATE_FORMATS.length; i++) {
             SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(COOKIE_DATE_FORMATS[i],
                                                        Locale.US);
             df.setTimeZone(GMT);
+            df.setLenient(false);
+            df.set2DigitYearStart(cal.getTime());
             try {
-                Date date = df.parse(dateString);
-                return (date.getTime() - whenCreated) / 1000;
+                cal.setTime(df.parse(dateString));
+                if (!COOKIE_DATE_FORMATS[i].contains("yyyy")) {
+                    // 2-digit years following the standard set
+                    // out it rfc 6265
+                    int year = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);
+                    year %= 100;
+                    if (year < 70) {
+                        year += 2000;
+                    } else {
+                        year += 1900;
+                    }
+                    cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
+                }
+                return (cal.getTimeInMillis() - whenCreated) / 1000;
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 // Ignore, try the next date format
             }
--- old/test/java/net/CookieHandler/B6791927.java	Thu Dec  6 21:08:23 2012
+++ new/test/java/net/CookieHandler/B6791927.java	Thu Dec  6 21:08:22 2012
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         try {
             // Forces a non US locale
             Locale.setDefault(Locale.FRANCE);
-            List<HttpCookie> cookies = HttpCookie.parse("set-cookie: CUSTOMER=WILE_E_COYOTE; expires=Wednesday, 09-Nov-2019 23:12:40 GMT");
+            List<HttpCookie> cookies = HttpCookie.parse("set-cookie: CUSTOMER=WILE_E_COYOTE; expires=Sat, 09-Nov-2019 23:12:40 GMT");
             if (cookies == null || cookies.isEmpty()) {
                 throw new RuntimeException("No cookie found");
             }
--- old/test/java/net/CookieHandler/CookieManagerTest.java	Thu Dec  6 21:08:25 2012
+++ new/test/java/net/CookieHandler/CookieManagerTest.java	Thu Dec  6 21:08:24 2012
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         testPolicies[count] = CookiePolicy.ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER;
         testCases[count++] = new CookieTestCase[]{
                 new CookieTestCase("Set-Cookie",
-                "CUSTOMER=WILE:BOB; path=/; expires=Wednesday, 09-Nov-2030 23:12:40 GMT;" + "domain=." + localHostAddr,
+                "CUSTOMER=WILE:BOB; path=/; expires=Sat, 09-Nov-2030 23:12:40 GMT;" + "domain=." + localHostAddr,
                 "CUSTOMER=WILE:BOB",
                 "/"
                 ),
--- /dev/null	Thu Dec  6 21:08:28 2012
+++ new/test/java/net/HttpCookie/ExpiredCookieTest.java	Thu Dec  6 21:08:27 2012
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 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).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/* 
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8000525
+ */
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.text.*;
+
+public class ExpiredCookieTest {
+    // lifted from HttpCookie.java
+    private final static String[] COOKIE_DATE_FORMATS = {
+        "EEE',' dd-MMM-yy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'",
+        "EEE',' dd MMM yy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'",
+        "EEE MMM dd yy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'Z",
+        "EEE',' dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'",
+        "EEE',' dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'",
+        "EEE MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'Z"
+    };
+    static final TimeZone GMT = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(GMT);
+
+        try {
+            for (int i = 0; i < COOKIE_DATE_FORMATS.length; i++) {
+                SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(COOKIE_DATE_FORMATS[i],
+                                                         Locale.US);
+                cal.set(1970, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+                df.setTimeZone(GMT);
+                df.setLenient(false);
+                df.set2DigitYearStart(cal.getTime());
+                CookieManager cm = new CookieManager(
+                    null, CookiePolicy.ACCEPT_ALL);
+                CookieHandler.setDefault(cm);
+                Map<String,List<String>> header = new HashMap<>();
+                List<String> values = new ArrayList<>();
+
+                cal.set(1970, 6, 9, 10, 10, 1);
+                StringBuilder datestring = 
+                    new StringBuilder(df.format(cal.getTime()));
+                values.add(
+                    "TEST1=TEST1; Path=/; Expires=" + datestring.toString());
+                
+                cal.set(1969, 6, 9, 10, 10, 2);
+                datestring = new StringBuilder(df.format(cal.getTime()));
+                values.add(
+                    "TEST2=TEST2; Path=/; Expires=" + datestring.toString());
+
+                cal.set(2070, 6, 9, 10, 10, 3);
+                datestring = new StringBuilder(df.format(cal.getTime()));
+                values.add(
+                    "TEST3=TEST3; Path=/; Expires=" + datestring.toString());
+
+                cal.set(2069, 6, 9, 10, 10, 4);
+                datestring = new StringBuilder(df.format(cal.getTime()));
+                values.add(
+                    "TEST4=TEST4; Path=/; Expires=" + datestring.toString());
+                
+                header.put("Set-Cookie", values);
+                cm.put(new URI("http://127.0.0.1/"), header);
+
+                CookieStore cookieJar =  cm.getCookieStore();
+                List <HttpCookie> cookies = cookieJar.getCookies();
+                if (COOKIE_DATE_FORMATS[i].contains("yyyy")) {
+                    if (cookies.size() != 2)
+                        throw new RuntimeException(
+                            "Incorrectly parsing a bad date");
+                } else if (cookies.size() != 1) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException(
+                        "Incorrectly parsing a bad date");
+                }
+            }
+        } catch(Exception e) {
+            System.out.println("Unable to get cookie using CookieHandler");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}