Index: jpa/eclipselink.jpa.test/src/org/eclipse/persistence/testing/tests/jpa/advanced/EntityManagerJUnitTestSuite.java =================================================================== --- jpa/eclipselink.jpa.test/src/org/eclipse/persistence/testing/tests/jpa/advanced/EntityManagerJUnitTestSuite.java (revision 6409) +++ jpa/eclipselink.jpa.test/src/org/eclipse/persistence/testing/tests/jpa/advanced/EntityManagerJUnitTestSuite.java (working copy) @@ -9248,7 +9248,7 @@ emp.setFirstName("testPreupdateEmbeddable"); emp.setLastName("testPreupdateEmbeddable"); EmploymentPeriod period = new EmploymentPeriod(); - period.setStartDate(Date.valueOf("2002-1-1")); + period.setStartDate(Date.valueOf("2002-01-01")); emp.setPeriod(period); em.persist(emp); commitTransaction(em);