SimpleDateFormat fails to parse on BIDI system

SimpleDateFormat parse fails on BIDI system using the correct format...

SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd");

System.out.println("Current Date: "+df.format(new Date()));

try {

System.out.println("now parsing current date");

df.parse("2006-08-30");

} catch (Exception e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

The output for Current Date shows "2006-08-30", but the parse, parsing the same date fails with an Unparseable date exception:

Here's the output from this program.

Current Date: 2006-08-30

now parsing current date

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2006-08-30"

at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:347)

at DateFormatTester.main(DateFormatTester.java:24)

[787 byte] By [swiftfoota] at [2007-10-3 3:53:44]