Index: java/text/SimpleDateFormat.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/classpath/classpath/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.java,v
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -u -r1.29 SimpleDateFormat.java
--- java/text/SimpleDateFormat.java	22 Oct 2004 17:15:57 -0000	1.29
+++ java/text/SimpleDateFormat.java	13 Jan 2005 16:45:21 -0000
@@ -801,8 +801,10 @@
 	    int i;
 	    for (i = offset; i < match.length; ++i)
 	      {
-		if (dateStr.startsWith(match[i], index))
-		  break;
+		if (match[i] != null)
+		  if (dateStr.toUpperCase().startsWith(match[i].toUpperCase(),
+							index))
+		    break;
 	      }
 	    if (i == match.length)
 	      {