[8u] RFR: 8031085: DateTimeFormatter won't parse dates with custom format "yyyyMMddHHmmssSSS"

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Tue, 2021-03-09 at 17:02 +0800, Guo Ge wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to request a review for backport of JDK-8031085.
> 
> Original bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8031085
> webrev for 8u: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~gguo/8031085-8u/webrev.00
> 
> The fix is imperative in product, the original fix is not clean due to
>  context change, performed jtreg jdk/test/java/time on Linux/x86-64.

This seems a dangerous change and has been in JDK 8u for a long
time. I'm not sure this one is worth fixing.

It would need a) a CSR (changes public API) b) verification this
doesn't break TCK. Has that been done?

Thanks,
Severin