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

[Lance Andersen]

Hi Sholto

The PR is the best path forward for the issue in question

On Jan 8, 2026, at 11:24 AM, Sholto Bolton <bolotofski at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Lance,

Thank you for your quick reply. I am just in the middle of sorting out the OCA with my company now.
Once that is done I will propose my fix.
Would you prefer that I send my proposed fix to this thread for discussion before putting up a PR?

Cheers,
Sholto Bolton

On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM Lance Andersen <lance.andersen at oracle.com<mailto:lance.andersen at oracle.com>> wrote:
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<mailto:bolotofski at gmail.com>> wrote:

Hello all,

I am just reaching out to ask about the status of the issue JDK-8272194<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bugs.java/bugdatabase/JDK-8272194.__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!PfwaAm0YA0fsPF3Rt57ycSrQQa42jDtd29tw7t8acqcVU5vrJWY9dFvNnqDjdqGZfFddb6wLj0GbI6KTVM83lQ$> (as well as the related bug JDK-8272194<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bugs.java/bugdatabase/JDK-8272194__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!PfwaAm0YA0fsPF3Rt57ycSrQQa42jDtd29tw7t8acqcVU5vrJWY9dFvNnqDjdqGZfFddb6wLj0GbI6LVCe_E4Q$>)

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
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