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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Basic checks for Date.parse function.
+ *
+ * @test
+ * @option -timezone=Asia/Calcutta
+ * @run
+ */
+
+// ISO format
+var d = new Date(Date.parse("1972-06-16T00:00:00.000Z"));
+print(d.toString());
+print(d.toUTCString());
+
+// simple Date
+d = new Date(Date.parse("2009-01-01"));
+print(d.toString());
+print(d.toUTCString());
+
+// simple date and make sure we can parse back toString, toISOString
+// and toUTCString output ..
+d = new Date(2011, 4, 11);
+d = new Date(Date.parse(d.toString()));
+print(d.toString());
+print(d.toUTCString());
+
+d = new Date(Date.parse(d.toISOString()));
+print(d.toString());
+print(d.toUTCString());
+
+d = new Date(Date.parse(d.toUTCString()));
+print(d.toString());
+print(d.toUTCString());