--- old/src/share/classes/sun/misc/FormattedFloatingDecimal.java	2011-12-23 10:47:14.149772765 -0800
+++ new/src/share/classes/sun/misc/FormattedFloatingDecimal.java	2011-12-23 10:47:13.983285299 -0800
@@ -1017,7 +1017,15 @@
                     precision--;
                 } else {
                     form = Form.DECIMAL_FLOAT;
-                    precision = precision - exp;
+                    if (digits.length == 1 && digits[0] == '0'
+                        && precision == 1) {
+                        // When the number is zero and precision is 1, set the 
+                        // precision to 0 so that a decimal point and digits
+                        // are not added by code later in this method.
+                        precision--;
+                    } else {
+                        precision = precision - exp;
+                    }
                 }
                 break;
             default: