[7u40] Request for approval: 8000529 Regression : SimpleDateFormat incorrectly parses dates formatted with Z and z pattern letters

[Seán Coffey]

I'd like to port this fix back from jdk8 to 7u-dev.

Identical fix.
changeset : http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8/jdk/rev/5871d7b1673c
bug report : http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=8000529
review thread : 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/i18n-dev/2013-March/000939.html

regards,
Sean.