[FLEX-17567] The DateFormatter cannot format the date if the date in UTC is Jan 1st 1970 0 hours 0mins 0sec and 0 milliseconds

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Component/s: Formatters
• Labels: easytest
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Browser: Internet Explorer 6.x; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 11/Feb/09 23:17
• Updated: 21/Apr/13 07:12
• Resolved: 21/Apr/13 07:12

Description

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a date object and set the UTC date to Jan 1st, 1970, 00Hours, 00minutes, 00seconds, 000milliseconds (1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z)
2. Convert this to locale date (by adding the timezone offset) - it will become 1970-01-01T05:30:00.000Z in IST
3. Use the date format to format this date intothe display format (I used the format string as MM/DD/YYYY)

Actual Results:
The formatter returns an empty string

Expected Results:
The formatter to return a correct formatted string

Workaround (if any):
Adding/subtracting even 1 millisecond can do the trick, but in that case, the displayed date would be wrong.