RFR: 8212895: ChronoField.INSTANT_SECONDS's range doesn't match the range of Instant

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 09:52:39 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Can I please get a review of this change which proposes to fix the issue noted in https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8212895?
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> As noted in that issue, the `ChronoField.INSTANT_SECONDS` currently is initialized to have a minimum and maximum values of `Long.MIN_VALUE` and `LONG.MAX_VALUE` respectively. However, `java.time.Instant` only supports `-31557014167219200L` and `31556889864403199L` as minimum and maximum values for the epoch second.
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> The commit in this PR updates the `ChronoField.INSTANT_SECONDS`'s value range to match the supported min and max values of `Instant` (as suggested by Stephen in that JBS issue). This commit also introduces a test to verify this change. This new test method as well as existing tests in tier1, tier2 and tier3 continue to pass with this change.

Given that this is a observable change through a public API, I think a csr will be needed for this. I'll draft one shortly.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18674#issuecomment-2042488119