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From error.log:

Fri Apr 04 08:53:35 BST 2008: Error parsing date (30-Mar-08 ?16:42:51 BST), setting to completed.
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "30-Mar-08 ?16:42:51 BST"
at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:335)
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.addAuction(Unknown Source)
at AuctionEntry.prepareAuctionEntry(Unknown Source)
at AuctionEntry.<init>(Unknown Source)
at AuctionsManager.newAuctionEntry(Unknown Source)
at JBidMouse.addAuction(Unknown Source)
at JBidMouse.cmdAddAuction(Unknown Source)
at JBidMouse.messageAction(Unknown Source)
at PlainMessageQueue.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

Relevant line of the html:
//--></script><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td width="50%" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr valign="top"><td align="left" nowrap><span class="titlePurchase">Starting time:</span></td><td width="100%" nowrap>30-Mar-08 16:42:51 BST</td></tr><tr valign="middle"><td align="left" nowrap><span class="titlePurchase">Starting bid:</span></td><td width="100%">£0.99</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td align="left" nowrap><span class="titlePurchase">Duration:</span></td><td width="100%">5-day listing

As you can probably see, there is no ? or unconvertable character before the time.

From the 'information' page in jbidwatcher:
Listing ends at
Sun Aug 17 07:12:55 GMT 292278994

[Aaron Yourk]

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I have experienced this too.
Steps to reproduce:
Add auction item# 150230685376 into JBidWatcher. Perform an update on that auction.
The above stack trace appears in the shell window that JBidWatcher was started in.

[Aaron Yourk]

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I should note that I'm using v1.0.2 of JBidWatcher (currently the latest stable).

[Brian Utterback]

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I'm getting this too. It started on March 30 and is happening for most auctions now.

[Andreas Schneider]

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I have had this problem too, but only on one of two computers (both running Linux). So I deleted the .jbidwatcher directory on the computer with the problem and set up JBidWatcher again, but the problem persisted. Then I copied over the .jbidwatcher directory from the computer without the problem and the problem went away. Maybe this information can help tracking down the problem.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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This problem suddenly arised also on my installation. Could be triggered by a gentoo update. However I found a fix for my situation:
export LC_ALL=en_US
Dates are available now, but german umlauts not.

[Aaron Yourk]

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I've recently upgraded to 2.0 Beta 1, and the problems are gone.