8247706: Unintentional use of new Date(year...) with absolute year

[amosshi]

Backport of JDK-8247706

Testing

• Local: Test passed on MacOS 14.6.1 on Apple M1 Max
  • Passed: java/text/Format/DateFormat/DateFormatRegression.java
  • Passed: java/time/tck/java/time/format/TCKLocalizedPrinterParser.java
  • Passed: java/util/Calendar/FieldStateTest.java
• Pipeline: All passed except macOS
  • macOS: /Applications/Xcode_14.3.1.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/stdio.h:188:1: note: 'sprintf' has been explicitly marked deprecated here The issue exists in all recent PR in jdk11u-dev and not caused by Current PR
• Testing Machine: SAP nightlies passed on 2024-09-03
  • Automated jtreg test: jtreg_jdk_tier1 Started at 2024-09-03 09:22:44+01:00
  • java/util/Calendar/FieldStateTest.java: SUCCESSFUL GitHub 📊 - [09:37:01.601 -> 954 msec]

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Progress

• [x] Change must not contain extraneous whitespace
• [x] Commit message must refer to an issue
• [ ] JDK-8247706 needs maintainer approval

Issue

• JDK-8247706: Unintentional use of new Date(year...) with absolute year (Bug - P4 - Requested)

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