I didn't realize that came from POSIX or was an attempt at complying with it. Yes the array indice makes sense (although exposing that externally and not just a

I didn't realize that came from POSIX or was an attempt at complying with it. Yes the array indice makes sense (although exposing that externally and not just adjusting the value internally seems like a poor decision). Not sure why Java felt the need to carry that behaviour across, I can't recall anyone clammering for POSIX compliant date handling.