JDK-8272194 java.sql.Date::toLocalDate() broken for dates before 1 A.D

[Lance Andersen]

Hi Sholto,

If you have a fix you would like to provide, please refer to https://openjdk.org/guide/#i-found-an-issue-in-jbs-that-i-want-to-fix in the OpenJDK developers guide.  One of the first steps is signing the OCA, the Oracle Contributor Agreement.  Once that is completed and approved, feel free to propose a fix.  You will also want to update open/test/jdk/java/sql/testng/test/sql/DateTests.java  and open/test/jdk/java/sql/testng/test/sql/TimestampTests.java to validate your change which would be provided as part of your proposed PR

Best
Lance

On Jan 8, 2026, at 9:46 AM, Sholto Bolton <bolotofski at gmail.com> wrote:

Hello all,

I am just reaching out to ask about the status of the issue JDK-8272194<https://bugs.java/bugdatabase/JDK-8272194.> (as well as the related bug JDK-8272194<https://bugs.java/bugdatabase/JDK-8272194>)

I have been dealing with this issue for over a year now, and finally decided to look into fixing it. I believe I have found the solution to it, however I see the issue is already assigned to Lance Andersen (who is hopefully reading this).

The solution I have arrived at seems naively simple however, so I imagine there is more to the problem than I have considered. How far along have other fixes for this gotten?

Also apologies if this is the wrong mailing list or way to reach out. I am new to the OpenJDK community so I may be lacking in etiquette.

Any reply would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Sholto Bolton

Lance Andersen
Oracle Java Engineering
1 Network Drive Burlington, MA 01803
Lance.Andersen at oracle.com



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