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+++ new/test/gc/logging/TestPrintGCDateStampsEnabled.java	2015-01-20 17:14:18.903416178 +0300
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 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.
+ *
+ * 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
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+ */
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.Asserts;
+
+/*
+ * @test TestPrintGCDateStampsEnabled
+ * @summary test checks -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps enables date stamps printing
+ * @key gc
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ * @run main/othervm -Xmx128M -Xloggc:PrintGCDateStampsEnabled.txt -XX:+PrintGC -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps GCTask
+ * @run main TestPrintGCDateStampsEnabled
+ */
+public class TestPrintGCDateStampsEnabled extends AbstractPrintGCTest {
+
+    public void runTest() {
+        String content = getContent();
+        // match an every line containing '[GC' and capture everything before the first
+        // colon followed by space
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("^(.+?): +?.*\\[GC", Pattern.MULTILINE);
+        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(content);
+        LocalDate gcLastDateStamp = LocalDate.MIN;
+        while (matcher.find()) {
+            String match = matcher.group(1);
+            try {
+                LocalDate dateStamp = LocalDate.parse(
+                    match, DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(
+                        "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSxxxx"));
+                Asserts.assertGreaterThanOrEqual(dateStamp, gcLastDateStamp,
+                    "GC datestamps are inconsistent");
+            } catch (DateTimeParseException e) {
+                Asserts.assertFalse(true, "The text '" + match + "' is not a valid GC's DateStamp");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        new TestPrintGCDateStampsEnabled().runTest();
+    }
+}