[FLEX-34316] Z changed from literal to pattern letter for "GMT"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Apache Flex 4.12.0
• Component/s: Formatters
• Assignee: Justin Mclean
• Reporter: Jeff Spicer
• Created: 09/May/14 01:10
• Updated: 18/May/14 19:41

Description

when using the letter Z in a dateFormatter formatString, it's interpreted in SDK 4.12 to mean the literal string "GMT".

in SDK 4.6, it's interpreted to mean a literal "Z".

This messes with legacy dates that are using the literal letter Z.

formatters saving dates to a server as formatString="YYYY-MM-DD JJ:NN:SSZ" are going to now save them with a "GMT" on the end, instead of "Z"

I suggest letting both "Z" and "GMT" be literal strings, and wherever possible, don't break previous versions of the sdk