Looking to port this simple fix from 8 to 7u. Fix is identical to jdk 8 one. review thread : http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/i18n-dev/2012-May/000615.html jdk 8 changeset : http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/3e83229a3779 regards, Sean.