Invalid date format when using JIRA with JRE/JDK 1.8.0_11
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Symptoms
The following error message appear on the UI when selecting a date in date-picker and saving the modification:
Você não digitou uma data válida. Por favor insira a data no formato "d/MMM/yy", por exemplo: "5/mar/15"
Diagnosis
Check the Java version of the JVM in which JIRA is running by going into the System Info panel, inside the System tab on JIRA's Administration panel.
If that is 1.8.0_11, then the problem will occur.
Cause
There is a bug in Java's date verification method for Brazilian Portuguese locales. The bug has been resolved but, as of today, hasn't made its debut on a final release of Java 8.
Workaround
Use Java 7's latest update that is still fully supported by JIRA (at least up to 6.4 release).
While this functionality wasn't tested with the latest Java 8 release due to possible problems when using JDK 1.8.0_31 with JIRA 6.4, feel free to test and edit this KB article!
- Open up
catalina.sh(orcatalina.batif you are on Windows); Add the following line before the start of configuration lines:
JRE_HOME=/path/to/java/7- Restart JIRA;
This has been tested with JDK 1.7.0_75.