[LOG4J2-1489] (GC) %date conversion pattern with a timezone parameter is not garbage free

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.6.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.7
• Component/s: Pattern Converters
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/36
• Epic Link: GC-free
• Assignee: Remko Popma
• Reporter: Richard Zschech
• Created: 29/Jul/16 16:45
• Updated: 18/Sep/16 10:46
• Resolved: 18/Sep/16 10:46

Description

The garbage free documentation states that date patterns with the timezone parameter "%d{HH:mm:ss}{GMT+0}" is garbage free but when using a timezone parameter the garbage free FixedDateFormat is not used.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #36