[cp-patches] java.text.DateFormat parsing fix

[Andrew John Hughes]

I'm committing the attached patch which fixes nearly half
the failures in the Mauve parsing tests for java.text.SimpleDateFormat.
The remaining 8 are problems with java.util.Calendar, rather than the
current parsing process (the values are being read and set to Calendar
correctly).  I'll put these into Savannah as bugs to track this problem,
although I believe Sven is already working on this as a follow-up to his recent
patch.

As a thought for the future, it would be better if we had the timezone
data being pulled from an external source, as we do with most other
data of this nature (currencies, date formats, etc.).  At present,
the list is created in the file, which I had to extend for this
patch.  However, this data isn't present in the CLDR.  Any suggestions?

Changelog:

2005-01-21  Andrew John Hughes  <address@hidden>

        * java/text/SimpleDateFormat.java:
        (parse(String, java.text.ParsePosition)):
        Changed 'E' and 'M' cases to use both
        short and long names.  Extended 'z'
        case to also handle 'Z', and deal
        with simple GMT offsets such as +0100.
        (computeOffset(String)): New private method,
        which converts a GMT offset specification,
        such as GMT-0500 to a numeric offset in
        milliseconds.
        * java/util/TimeZone.java:
        (timezones()): Added "CEST", the daylight
        savings time version of "CET", or Central
        European Time.
        
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