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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2012, 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 constructor.
+ * FIXME: add more checks
+ *
+ * @test
+ * @option -timezone=Asia/Calcutta
+ * @run
+ */
+
+// check arity of tricky functions
+print("Date.length = " + Date.length);
+print("Date.UTC.length = " + Date.UTC.length);
+print("Date.prototype.setSeconds.length = " + Date.prototype.setSeconds.length);
+print("Date.prototype.setUTCSeconds.length = " + Date.prototype.setUTCSeconds.length);
+print("Date.prototype.setMinutes.length = " + Date.prototype.setMinutes.length);
+print("Date.prototype.setUTCMinutes.length = " + Date.prototype.setUTCMinutes.length);
+print("Date.prototype.setHours.length = " + Date.prototype.setHours.length);
+print("Date.prototype.setUTCHours.length = " + Date.prototype.setUTCHours.length);
+print("Date.prototype.setMonth.length = " + Date.prototype.setMonth.length);
+print("Date.prototype.setUTCMonth.length = " + Date.prototype.setUTCMonth.length);
+print("Date.prototype.setFullYear.length = " + Date.prototype.setFullYear.length);
+print("Date.prototype.setUTCFullYear.length = " + Date.prototype.setUTCFullYear.length);
+
+function printDate(d) {
+    print(d.getMinutes());
+    print(d.getSeconds());
+    print(d.getMilliseconds());
+    print(d.getUTCDate());
+    print(d.getUTCDay());
+    print(d.getUTCMonth());
+    print(d.getUTCFullYear());
+    print(d.getUTCHours());
+    print(d.getUTCMinutes());
+    print(d.getUTCSeconds());
+    print(d.getUTCMilliseconds());
+    print(d.toISOString());
+    print(d.toUTCString());
+    print(d.toString());
+    print(d.toLocaleString());
+    print(d.toLocaleDateString());
+    print(d.toLocaleTimeString());
+    print(d.toDateString());
+    print(d.toTimeString());
+    print(d.toJSON());
+}
+
+var d = new Date(2011, 4, 3, 17, 1, 1, 0);
+printDate(d);
+
+d.setUTCMinutes(40, 34);
+printDate(d);
+
+d = new Date(Date.UTC(2000, 10, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1));
+printDate(d);
+
+d = new Date(0);
+d.setFullYear(2012);
+d.setMonth(1);
+d.setDate(2);
+d.setHours(3);
+d.setMinutes(3);
+d.setSeconds(4);
+d.setMilliseconds(5);
+printDate(d);
+
+d = new Date(0);
+d.setUTCFullYear(2012);
+d.setUTCMonth(1);
+d.setUTCDate(2);
+d.setUTCHours(3);
+d.setUTCMinutes(4);
+d.setUTCSeconds(5);
+d.setUTCMilliseconds(6);
+printDate(d);
+
+d = new Date(0);
+d.setTime(1000);
+printDate(d);