RFR: 8238650: Allow to override buildDate with SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH

[Bernhard M.Wiedemann]

On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 17:26:21 GMT, John Neffenger <jgneff at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The API states, "There is no guarantee that the name strings in the resulting array will appear in any specific order; they are not, in particular, guaranteed to appear in alphabetical order." That API was defined in December 1998 with Java version 1.2, so there's no changing it now.

Sorted output still complies with that API, though.
If changing it at the Java level is too impactful, there could still be a sort-wrapper in Gradle or some other layer.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/99