I see, is the leading - char just ignored then?
> : The following field value for a date field type is accepted: > : <field name="somedate">-0001-11-30T00:00:00Z</field> > : > : and ends up in the index and as stored value as: > : <date name="somedate">2-11-30T00:00:00Z</date> > : > : I'd prefer to be punished with an exception. File a bug? > > That is actualy a legal date according to the format spec (although there > is seems to be some conflicting guidelines about wether the format allows > a year "0" which makes the interpretation of negative years ambiguious (at > least to me) > > There is however already a known bug in SOlr with parsing/formatting dates > prior to year 1000... > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-1899 > > ...patches most certainly welcome. > > > -Hoss
