#1166 Listing has No Date Info

[Pierre Belanger]

Did eBay changed something in the past days?

I just notice JBidwatcher on the console is giving me the following error since *at*least* 3 days (can't go back further):

Mon Nov 19 11:28:35 EST 2007: Setting auction #130099828223 to be a 'Far Future' listing, as it has no date info.

Mon Nov 19 11:28:38 EST 2007: Setting auction #280105586187 to be a 'Far Future' listing, as it has no date info.

Mon Nov 19 17:27:03 EST 2007: Setting auction #250182356311 to be a 'Far Future' listing, as it has no date info.

Mon Nov 19 17:27:04 EST 2007: Setting auction #250182359572 to be a 'Far Future' listing, as it has no date info.

Mon Nov 19 17:27:06 EST 2007: Setting auction #250142528420 to be a 'Far Future' listing, as it has no date info.

Mon Nov 19 17:27:08 EST 2007: Setting auction #250173345081 to be a 'Far Future' listing, as it has no date info.

etc etc

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Well -- under Windows using Sun java 1.5.0_06 , it works fine.

But under Linux (note, this was working great since _many_ months and I did not upgrade java), I started to see the errors since just a few days and this Linux machine is up since 11 days. I'm quite positive it's not a "Linux upgrade" (Ubuntu) that suddenly broke JBidwatcher.

$ /usr/jre1.6.0_02/bin/java -version
java version "1.6.0_02"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_02-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_02-b05, mixed mode, sharing)

Am I the only one having this issue?

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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I don't know where the bug is BUT I did the following and its now working fine???

$ mv .jbidwatcher .jbidwatcher.old

So something within the .jbidwatcher makes the application behave wrong -- I wonder what? Do you want my .jbidwatcher (if so I'll find where my password is stored and send it to you).

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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damm , I reported too fast -- here's more info.

Somehow this time the following item # 300016499646 that I added to jbidwatcher DID show up in the "Current" tab BUT on the console I got the following message: Wed Nov 21 23:54:56 EST 2007: Setting auction #300016499646 to be a 'Far Future' listing, as it has no date info.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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I'm getting the following exceptions on mine (1.0.2 on linux)

Thu Nov 22 10:11:16 GMT 2007: Error parsing date (Nov-17-076:08:29 PST), setting to completed.
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Nov-17-076:08:29 PST"
at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:347)
at AuctionServer.figureDate(Unknown Source)
at AuctionServer.figureDate(Unknown Source)
at ebayServer$ebayAuction.checkDates(Unknown Source)
at ebayServer$ebayAuction.parseAuction(Unknown Source)
at AuctionServer.loadAuction(Unknown Source)
at AuctionServer.reloadAuction(Unknown Source)
at AuctionEntry.update(Unknown Source)
at Auctions.doUpdate(Unknown Source)
at Auctions.doNextUpdate(Unknown Source)
at Auctions.check(Unknown Source)
at AuctionsManager.checkAuctions(Unknown Source)
at AuctionsManager.check(Unknown Source)
at TimerHandler.run(Unknown Source)

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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I just posted my exception and then read the other comments. I am on Redhat Enterprise Linux, my Java version however is 1.4.2Thu Nov 22 10:45:00 GMT 2007: Error parsing date (Nov-01-078:24:18 PDT), setting to completed.
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Nov-01-078:24:18 PDT"
at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:347)
at AuctionServer.figureDate(Unknown Source)
at AuctionServer.figureDate(Unknown Source)
at ebayServer$ebayAuction.checkDates(Unknown Source)
at ebayServer$ebayAuction.parseAuction(Unknown Source)
at AuctionServer.loadAuction(Unknown Source)
at AuctionServer.reloadAuction(Unknown Source)
at AuctionEntry.update(Unknown Source)
at Auctions.doUpdate(Unknown Source)
at Auctions.doNextUpdate(Unknown Source)
at Auctions.check(Unknown Source)
at AuctionsManager.checkAuctions(Unknown Source)
at AuctionsManager.check(Unknown Source)
at TimerHandler.run(Unknown Source)

$ java -version
java version "1.4.2"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2)
Classic VM (build 1.4.2, J2RE 1.4.2 IBM build cxia32142-20070708 (SR9) (JIT enabled: jitc))

$ java -Xmx512m -jar ~/Desktop/JBidWatcher-1.0.2.jar

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Just a few days ago, my JBidWatcher started to post N/A on the "time left" column. Has picked up all new items, and placed in the "complete" tab the ones that had info for time left, but many others with the N/A were maintained in the "current" side, even when the items were closed in eBay. Any suggestions?

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Just a few days ago, my JBidWatcher started to post N/A on the "time left" column. Has picked up all new items, and placed in the "complete" tab the ones that had info for time left, but many others with the N/A were maintained in the "current" side, even when the items were closed in eBay. Any suggestions?
Now, when you right-click on the item and put "show information" all of the items show: "Listing ends at
Sun Aug 17 02:12:55 EST 292278994"
And these items end in about 4 to 20 days... many of them are from eBay "buy-it-now"...