Hi, I filed a bug of SimpleDateFormat through https://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/ . And, it is registered as JDK-8216204 ( https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8216204).
At first, the assignee misunderstood my intention, and the issue once closed with "Not an issue" status. Shinya, aka Japanese youngest committer, has helped; so it's reopened. Japan is still in the Heisei era, and I'd like to format the initial "H"; but Java 9 and later (through 13-ea) can't print "H" by SimpleDateFormat. Could you follow and resolve this issue? -- Takahiro YAMADA