[GROOVY-7462] groovy.json.internal.Dates instantiates objects without explicitly specifying the miliseconds parameter

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.3
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.4
• Component/s: JSON
• Assignee: Pascal Schumacher
• Reporter: Pascal Schumacher
• Created: 09/Jun/15 16:41
• Updated: 19/Oct/15 16:11
• Resolved: 11/Jun/15 17:14

Description

groovy.json.internal.Dates instantiates objects without explicitly specifying the miliseconds parameter. By omission, it ends up using the value provided by Calendar.getInstance(), which is copied over from System.currentTimeMillis(). This is a problem when comparing dates.

Source: https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-groovy-dev/201506.mbox/%3CCAJ_y_NCp4EKX11DCd%3D%3D7pkoS-16Y2JBnB6xpy%2BDQenYTaOV9Ew%40mail.gmail.com%3E