SimpleDateFormat parse bug: doesn't like embedded spaces

Fri Feb 3 22:21:00 GMT 2006

I found a difference between SimpleDateFormat.parse in GCJ/Classpath vs.
Sun. Tiny test program attached.
The attached program runs the following strings:
 "2:03:34"
 "2: 3:34"
Through this SimpleDateFormat:
 new SimpleDateFormat ("H':'m':'s")
The result with GCJ (from svn a Jan 24) is different from Sun JRE 1.4.2_08
Sun:
Parsing "2:03:34"
 - Result = Thu Jan 01 02:03:34 EST 1970
Parsing "2: 3:34"
 - Result = Thu Jan 01 02:03:34 EST 1970
GCJ:
Parsing "2:03:34"
 - Result = Thu Jan 01 02:03:34 EST 1970
Parsing "2: 3:34"
java.text.ParseException: invalid Date syntax in "2: 3:34"
 at java.text.DateFormat.parse (DateFormat.java:836)
 at TestDateFormat.attempt (TestDateFormat.java:18)
 at TestDateFormat.main (TestDateFormat.java:29)
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