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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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.
+ *
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+ * 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).
+ *
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+ *
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+ * questions.
+ */
+package test.sql;
+
+import java.sql.Date;
+import java.sql.Time;
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+import static org.testng.Assert.*;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+import util.BaseTest;
+
+public class TimestampTests extends BaseTest {
+
+    private static TimeZone defaultTimeZone = null;
+
+    /*
+     * Need to set and use a custom TimeZone which does not
+     * observe daylight savings time for this test.
+     */
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setUpClass() throws Exception {
+        defaultTimeZone = TimeZone.getDefault();
+        TimeZone tzone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT+01");
+        assertFalse(tzone.observesDaylightTime());
+        TimeZone.setDefault(tzone);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Conservatively reset the default time zone after test.
+     */
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void tearDownClass() throws Exception {
+        TimeZone.setDefault(defaultTimeZone);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate an IllegalArgumentException is thrown for an invalid Timestamp
+     */
+    @Test(dataProvider = "invalidTimestampValues",
+            expectedExceptions = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+    public void test(String ts) throws Exception {
+        Timestamp.valueOf(ts);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that two Timestamp are equal when the leading 0 in seconds is
+     * omitted
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test01() throws Exception {
+        String testTS = "2009-01-01 10:50:00";
+        String ExpectedTS = "2009-01-01 10:50:0";
+        Timestamp ts = Timestamp.valueOf(testTS);
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf(ExpectedTS);
+        assertEquals(ts, ts2, "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate two Timestamps created from the same string are equal
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test02() throws Exception {
+        String testTS = "2009-01-01 10:50:0";
+        Timestamp ts = Timestamp.valueOf(testTS);
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf(testTS);
+        assertEquals(ts, ts2, "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that two Timestamp values one with leading 0s for month and day
+     * equals same string without the leading 0s.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test03() throws Exception {
+        String testTS = "2009-1-1 10:50:0";
+        String ExpectedTS = "2009-01-01 10:50:0";
+        Timestamp ts = Timestamp.valueOf(testTS);
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf(ExpectedTS);
+        assertEquals(ts, ts2, "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that two Timestamp values one with leading 0s for day omitted
+     * are equal
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test04() throws Exception {
+        String testTS = "2009-01-1 10:50:0";
+        String ExpectedTS = "2009-01-01 10:50:0";
+        Timestamp ts = Timestamp.valueOf(testTS);
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf(ExpectedTS);
+        assertEquals(ts, ts2, "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that two Timestamp values one with leading 0s for month omitted
+     * and both with leading 0s for seconds omitted are equal
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test05() throws Exception {
+        String testTS = "2009-1-01 10:50:0";
+        String ExpectedTS = "2009-01-01 10:50:0";
+        Timestamp ts = Timestamp.valueOf(testTS);
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf(ExpectedTS);
+        assertEquals(ts, ts2, "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that two Timestamp values one with leading 0s for month omitted
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test06() throws Exception {
+        String testTS = "2005-1-01 10:20:50.00";
+        String ExpectedTS = "2005-01-01 10:20:50.00";
+        Timestamp ts = Timestamp.valueOf(testTS);
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf(ExpectedTS);
+        assertEquals(ts, ts2, "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that two Timestamp values one created using valueOf and another
+     * via a constructor are equal
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test07() {
+
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1996-12-13 14:15:25.001");
+        Timestamp ts2 = new Timestamp(96, 11, 13, 14, 15, 25, 1000000);
+        assertTrue(ts1.equals(ts2), "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that two Timestamp values one created using valueOf and another
+     * via a constructor are equal
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test08() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1996-12-13 14:15:25.001");
+        Timestamp ts2 = new Timestamp(ts1.getTime());
+        assertTrue(ts1.equals(ts2), "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that two Timestamp values one created using valueOf and another
+     * via a constructor are equal
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test09() {
+
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1996-12-13 14:15:25.0");
+        Timestamp ts2 = new Timestamp(96, 11, 13, 14, 15, 25, 0);
+        assertTrue(ts1.equals(ts2), "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that a Timestamp cannot be equal to null
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test10() {
+
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1961-08-30 14:15:25.745634");
+        Timestamp ts2 = null;
+        assertFalse(ts1.equals(ts2), "Error ts1 == null");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that a Timestamp is equal to another timestamp created with the
+     * using the same value but not equal to a Timestamp which is one day later
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test11() {
+
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1996-12-10 12:26:19.12");
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf("1996-12-10 12:26:19.12");
+        Timestamp ts3 = Timestamp.valueOf("1996-12-11 12:24:19.12");
+        assertTrue(ts1.equals(ts2) && ts2.equals(ts1), "Error ts1 != ts2");
+        assertFalse(ts1.equals(ts3) && ts3.equals(ts1), "Error ts1 == ts3");
+
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that a Timestamp is equal to itself
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test12() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1996-10-15 12:26:19.12");
+        assertTrue(ts1.equals(ts1), "Error ts1 != ts1");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that two Timestamps are equal when one is created from the
+     * toString() of the other
+     */
+    @Test(dataProvider = "validTimestampValues")
+    public void test13(String ts, String expectedTS) {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf(ts);
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf(ts1.toString());
+        assertTrue(ts1.equals(ts2) && ts2.equals(ts1)
+                && ts1.toString().equals(expectedTS), "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    // Before Tests
+    /*
+     * Validate that Timestamp ts1 is before Timestamp ts2
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test14() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1996-12-13 14:15:25.745634");
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf("1996-12-13 15:15:25.645634");
+        assertTrue(ts1.before(ts2), "Error ts1 not before ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that Timestamp ts1 is before Timestamp ts2
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test15() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1961-08-30 14:15:25");
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf("1999-12-13 15:15:25");
+        assertTrue(ts1.before(ts2), "Error ts1 not before ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that Timestamp ts1 is before Timestamp ts2
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test16() {
+
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1999-12-13 14:15:25.745634");
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf("1999-11-13 15:15:25.645634");
+        assertFalse(ts1.before(ts2), "Error ts1 before ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that a NullPointerException is thrown if a null is passed to
+     * the before method
+     */
+    @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
+    public void test17() throws Exception {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1996-12-13 14:15:25.745634");
+        ts1.before(null);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate a Timestamp cannot be before itself
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test18() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1999-11-10 12:26:19.3456543");
+        assertFalse(ts1.before(ts1), "Error ts1 before ts1!");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Create 3 Timestamps and make sure the 1st is before the other two
+     * Timestamps which are each greater than the one before it
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test19() {
+
+        Timestamp ts1 = new Timestamp(1234560000);
+        Timestamp ts2 = new Timestamp(1234567000);
+        Timestamp ts3 = new Timestamp(1234569000);
+        assertTrue(ts1.before(ts2) && ts2.before(ts3) && ts1.before(ts3));
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that Timestamp ts1 is not after Timestamp ts2
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test20() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1999-12-13 14:15:25.745634");
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf("1999-12-13 15:15:25.645634");
+        assertFalse(ts1.after(ts2), "Error ts1 is after ts2");
+
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that Timestamp ts1 is after Timestamp ts2
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test21() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1996-12-13 14:15:25.745634");
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf("1996-11-13 15:15:25.645634");
+        assertTrue(ts1.after(ts2), "Error ts1 not after ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that a NullPointerException is thrown if a null is passed to the
+     * after method
+     */
+    @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
+    public void test22() throws Exception {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1966-08-30 08:08:08");
+        ts1.after(null);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that a Timestamp cannot be after itself
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test23() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1999-11-10 12:26:19.3456543");
+        assertFalse(ts1.after(ts1), "Error ts1 is after itself");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that a Timestamp after() works correctly with Timestamp created
+     * using milliseconds
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test24() {
+
+        Timestamp ts1 = new Timestamp(1234568000);
+        Timestamp ts2 = new Timestamp(1234565000);
+        Timestamp ts3 = new Timestamp(1234562000);
+        assertTrue(ts1.after(ts2) && ts2.after(ts3) && ts1.after(ts3));
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate compareTo returns 0 for Timestamps that are the same
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test25() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1966-08-30 08:08:08");
+        Timestamp ts2 = new Timestamp(ts1.getTime());
+        assertTrue(ts1.compareTo(ts2) == 0, "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate compareTo returns -1 for when the 1st Timestamp is earlier than
+     * the 2nd Timestamp
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test26() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1966-08-30 08:08:08");
+        Timestamp ts2 = new Timestamp(ts1.getTime() + 1000);
+        assertTrue(ts1.compareTo(ts2) == -1, "Error ts1 not before ts2");
+        assertTrue(ts2.compareTo(ts1) == 1, "Error ts1 is not before ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate compareTo returns 1 for when the 1st Timestamp is later than the
+     * 2nd Timestamp
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test27() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1966-08-30 08:08:08");
+        Timestamp ts2 = new Timestamp(ts1.getTime() - 1000);
+        assertTrue(ts1.compareTo(ts2) == 1, "Error ts1 not after ts2");
+        assertTrue(ts2.compareTo(ts1) == -1, "Error ts1 not after ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate compareTo returns 0 for Timestamps that are the same
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test28() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1966-08-30 08:08:08");
+        java.util.Date ts2 = new java.util.Date(ts1.getTime());
+        assertTrue(ts1.compareTo(ts2) == 0, "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate compareTo returns 0 for Timestamps that are the same
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test29() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1966-08-30 08:08:08");
+        java.util.Date d = new java.util.Date(ts1.getTime());
+        assertFalse(ts1.equals(d), "Error ts1 == d");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate compareTo returns 0 for Timestamps that are the same
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test30() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1966-08-30 08:08:08");
+        java.util.Date d = new Timestamp(ts1.getTime());
+        assertTrue(ts1.equals(d), "Error ts1 != d");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate equals returns false when a Date object is passed to equals
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test31() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1966-08-30 08:08:08");
+        Date d = new Date(ts1.getTime());
+        assertFalse(ts1.equals(d), "Error ts1 != d");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate equals returns false when a Date object is passed to equals
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test32() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1966-08-30 08:08:08");
+        java.util.Date d = new Date(ts1.getTime());
+        assertFalse(ts1.equals(d), "Error ts1 != d");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate equals returns false when a Time object is passed to equals
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test33() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1966-08-30 08:08:08");
+        Time t1 = new Time(ts1.getTime());
+        assertFalse(ts1.equals(t1), "Error ts1 == t1");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate equals returns false when a String object is passed to equals
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test34() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1966-08-30 08:08:08");
+        assertFalse(ts1.equals("1966-08-30 08:08:08"), "Error ts1 == a String");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate getTime() returns the same value from 2 timeStamps created by
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test35() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1966-08-30 08:08:08");
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf("1966-08-30 08:08:08");
+        assertTrue(ts2.getTime() == ts1.getTime(),
+                "ts1.getTime() != ts2.getTime()");
+        assertTrue(ts1.equals(ts2), "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate getTime() returns the same value from 2 timeStamps when
+     * setTime() is used to specify the same value for both Timestamps
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test36() {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1966-08-30 08:08:08");
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf("1961-08-30 00:00:00");
+        ts2.setTime(ts1.getTime());
+        assertTrue(ts2.getTime() == ts1.getTime(),
+                "ts1.getTime() != ts2.getTime()");
+        assertTrue(ts1.equals(ts2), "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate an IllegalArgumentException is thrown for an invalid nanos value
+     */
+    @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+    public void test38() throws Exception {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1961-08-30 00:00:00");
+        ts1.setNanos(-1);
+
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate an IllegalArgumentException is thrown for an invalid nanos value
+     */
+    @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+    public void test39() throws Exception {
+        int nanos = 999999999;
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1961-08-30 00:00:00");
+        ts1.setNanos(nanos + 1);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate you can set nanos to 999999999
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test40() throws Exception {
+        int nanos = 999999999;
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1961-08-30 00:00:00");
+        ts1.setNanos(nanos);
+        assertTrue(ts1.getNanos() == nanos, "Error Invalid Nanos value");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate you can set nanos to 0
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test41() throws Exception {
+        int nanos = 0;
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1961-08-30 00:00:00");
+        ts1.setNanos(nanos);
+        assertTrue(ts1.getNanos() == nanos, "Error Invalid Nanos value");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that a Timestamp made from a LocalDateTime are equal
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test42() throws Exception {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1961-08-30 00:00:00");
+        LocalDateTime ldt = ts1.toLocalDateTime();
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf(ldt);
+        assertTrue(ts1.equals(ts2), "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that a Timestamp LocalDateTime value, made from a LocalDateTime
+     * are equal
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test43() throws Exception {
+        LocalDateTime ldt = LocalDateTime.now();
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf(ldt);
+        assertTrue(ldt.equals(ts2.toLocalDateTime()),
+                "Error LocalDateTime values are not equal");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate an NPE occurs when a null LocalDateTime is passed to valueOF
+     */
+    @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
+    public void test44() throws Exception {
+        LocalDateTime ldt = null;
+        Timestamp.valueOf(ldt);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that a Timestamp made from a Instant are equal
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test45() throws Exception {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf("1961-08-30 00:00:00");
+        Instant instant = ts1.toInstant();
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.from(instant);
+        assertTrue(ts1.equals(ts2), "Error ts1 != ts2");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that a Timestamp made from a Instant are equal
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test46() throws Exception {
+        Instant instant = Instant.now();
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.from(instant);
+        assertTrue(instant.equals(ts2.toInstant()),
+                "Error Instant values do not match");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate an NPE occurs when a null instant is passed to from
+     */
+    @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
+    public void test47() throws Exception {
+        Instant instant = null;
+        Timestamp.from(instant);
+    }
+
+    // Added SQE tests
+    /*
+     * Create a Timestamp and a 2nd Timestamp that is 1 month earlier and
+     * validate that it is not before or after the original Timestamp
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test48() {
+        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+        Timestamp ts1 = new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
+        cal.setTimeInMillis(ts1.getTime());
+        cal.add(Calendar.MONTH, -1);
+        cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, cal.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+        Timestamp ts2 = new Timestamp(cal.getTimeInMillis());
+        assertFalse(ts1.before(ts2) || ts2.after(ts1));
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Create two Timestamps and validate that compareTo returns 1 to indicate
+     * the 1st Timestamp is greater than the 2nd Timestamp
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test49() {
+        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+        Timestamp ts1 = new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
+        cal.setTimeInMillis(ts1.getTime());
+        cal.add(Calendar.MONTH, -1);
+        cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, cal.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+        Timestamp ts2 = new Timestamp(cal.getTimeInMillis());
+        assertTrue(ts1.compareTo(ts2) == 1);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Create two Timestamps and validate that the 1st Timestamp is not equal to
+     * the 2nd Timestamp but equal to itself
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test50() {
+        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+        Timestamp ts1 = new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
+        cal.setTimeInMillis(ts1.getTime());
+        cal.add(Calendar.MONTH, -1);
+        cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, cal.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+        Timestamp ts2 = new Timestamp(cal.getTimeInMillis());
+        assertTrue(!ts1.equals(ts2) && ts1.equals(ts1));
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Validate that two Timestamps are equal when one is created from the
+     * toString() of the other
+     */
+    @Test(dataProvider = "validateNanos")
+    public void test51(String ts, int nanos) {
+        Timestamp ts1 = Timestamp.valueOf(ts);
+        Timestamp ts2 = Timestamp.valueOf(ts1.toString());
+        assertTrue(ts1.getNanos() == nanos && ts1.equals(ts2),
+                "Error with Nanos");
+    }
+
+    @Test(dataProvider = "validTimestampLongValues")
+    public void test52(long value, String ts) {
+        Timestamp ts1 = new Timestamp(value);
+        assertEquals(ts1.toString(), ts, "ts1.toString() != ts");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * DataProvider used to provide Timestamps which are not valid and are used
+     * to validate that an IllegalArgumentException will be thrown from the
+     * valueOf method
+     */
+    @DataProvider(name = "invalidTimestampValues")
+    private Object[][] invalidTimestampValues() {
+        return new Object[][]{
+            {"2009-11-01-01 10:50:01"},
+            {"aaaa-11-01-01 10:50"},
+            {"aaaa-11-01 10:50"},
+            {"1961--30 00:00:00"},
+            {"--30 00:00:00"},
+            {"-- 00:00:00"},
+            {"1961-1- 00:00:00"},
+            {"2009-11-01"},
+            {"10:50:01"},
+            {"1961-a-30 00:00:00"},
+            {"1961-01-bb 00:00:00"},
+            {"1961-08-30 00:00:00."},
+            {"1961-08-30 :00:00"},
+            {"1961-08-30 00::00"},
+            {"1961-08-30 00:00:"},
+            {"1961-08-30 ::"},
+            {"1961-08-30 0a:00:00"},
+            {"1961-08-30 00:bb:00"},
+            {"1961-08-30 00:01:cc"},
+            {"1961-08-30 00:00:00.01a"},
+            {"1961-08-30 00:00:00.a"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.1234567890"},
+            {null}
+        };
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * DataProvider used to provide Timestamps which are  valid and are used
+     * to validate that an IllegalArgumentException will not be thrown from the
+     * valueOf method and the corect value from toString() is returned
+     */
+    @DataProvider(name = "validTimestampValues")
+    private Object[][] validTimestampValues() {
+        return new Object[][]{
+            {"1961-08-30 00:00:00", "1961-08-30 00:00:00.0"},
+            {"1961-08-30 11:22:33", "1961-08-30 11:22:33.0"},
+            {"1961-8-30 00:00:00", "1961-08-30 00:00:00.0"},
+            {"1966-08-1 00:00:00", "1966-08-01 00:00:00.0"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.1", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.1"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.12", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.12"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.123", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.123"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.1234", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.1234"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.12345", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.12345"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.123456", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.123456"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.1234567", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.1234567"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.12345678", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.12345678"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.123456789", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.123456789"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.000000001", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.000000001"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.000000012", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.000000012"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.000000123", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.000000123"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.000001234", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.000001234"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.000012345", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.000012345"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.000123456", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.000123456"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.001234567", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.001234567"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.12345678", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.12345678"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.0", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.0"},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.01230", "1996-12-10 12:26:19.0123"}
+        };
+    }
+
+    @DataProvider(name = "validTimestampLongValues")
+    private Object[][] validTimestampLongValues() {
+        return new Object[][]{
+            {1L, "1970-01-01 01:00:00.001"},
+            {-3600*1000L - 1, "1969-12-31 23:59:59.999"},
+            {-(20000L*365*24*60*60*1000), "18018-08-28 01:00:00.0"},
+            {Timestamp.valueOf("1961-08-30 11:22:33").getTime(), "1961-08-30 11:22:33.0"},
+            {Timestamp.valueOf("1961-08-30 11:22:33.54321000").getTime(), "1961-08-30 11:22:33.543"}, // nanoprecision lost
+            {new Timestamp(114, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 100000000).getTime(), "2014-11-10 10:10:10.1"},
+            {new Timestamp(0, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 100000).getTime(), "1900-11-10 10:10:10.0"}, // nanoprecision lost
+            {new Date(114, 10, 10).getTime(), "2014-11-10 00:00:00.0"},
+            {new Date(0, 10, 10).getTime(), "1900-11-10 00:00:00.0"},
+            {LocalDateTime.of(1960, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 50000).atZone(ZoneId.of("America/Los_Angeles"))
+                .toInstant().toEpochMilli(), "1960-10-10 19:10:10.0"},
+
+            // millisecond timestamps wraps around at year 1, so Long.MIN_VALUE looks similar
+            // Long.MAX_VALUE, while actually representing 292278994 BCE
+            {Long.MIN_VALUE, "292278994-08-17 08:12:55.192"},
+            {Long.MAX_VALUE + 1, "292278994-08-17 08:12:55.192"},
+            {Long.MAX_VALUE, "292278994-08-17 08:12:55.807"},
+            {Long.MIN_VALUE - 1, "292278994-08-17 08:12:55.807"},
+
+            // wrap around point near 0001-01-01, test that we never get a negative year:
+            {-(1970L*365*24*60*60*1000), "0001-04-25 01:00:00.0"},
+            {-(1970L*365*24*60*60*1000 + 115*24*60*60*1000L), "0001-12-31 01:00:00.0"},
+            {-(1970L*365*24*60*60*1000 + 115*24*60*60*1000L - 23*60*60*1000L), "0001-01-01 00:00:00.0"},
+
+            {LocalDateTime.of(0, 1, 1, 10, 10, 10, 50000).atZone(ZoneId.of("America/Los_Angeles"))
+                .toInstant().toEpochMilli() - 2*24*60*60*1000L, "0001-01-01 19:03:08.0"}, // 1 BCE
+            {LocalDateTime.of(0, 1, 1, 10, 10, 10, 50000).atZone(ZoneId.of("America/Los_Angeles"))
+                .toInstant().toEpochMilli() - 3*24*60*60*1000L, "0002-12-31 19:03:08.0"} // 2 BCE
+        };
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * DataProvider used to provide Timestamp and Nanos values in order to
+     * validate that the correct Nanos value is generated from the specified
+     * Timestamp
+     */
+    @DataProvider(name = "validateNanos")
+    private Object[][] validateNanos() {
+        return new Object[][]{
+            {"1961-08-30 00:00:00", 0},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.1", 100000000},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.12", 120000000},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.123", 123000000},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.1234", 123400000},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.12345", 123450000},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.123456", 123456000},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.1234567", 123456700},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.12345678", 123456780},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.123456789", 123456789},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.000000001", 1},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.000000012", 12},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.000000123", 123},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.000001234", 1234},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.000012345", 12345},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.000123456", 123456},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.001234567", 1234567},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.012345678", 12345678},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.0", 0},
+            {"1996-12-10 12:26:19.01230", 12300000}
+        };
+    }
+}