diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/util/DerOutputStream.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/util/DerOutputStream.java
index f5400c634ece53e3382def801dd87818780b6a1c..c517df8a43ea955c5806fea0a49c90815f2ff7aa 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/util/DerOutputStream.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/util/DerOutputStream.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1996, 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1996, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -25,17 +25,16 @@
 
 package sun.security.util;
 
-import java.io.FilterOutputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
-import java.util.Vector;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.util.Locale;
 
 
 /**
@@ -501,7 +500,7 @@ extends ByteArrayOutputStream implements DerEncoder {
             pattern = "yyyyMMddHHmmss'Z'";
         }
 
-        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
+        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, Locale.US);
         sdf.setTimeZone(tz);
         byte[] time = (sdf.format(d)).getBytes("ISO-8859-1");
 
diff --git a/jdk/test/sun/security/util/DerOutputStream/LocaleInTime.java b/jdk/test/sun/security/util/DerOutputStream/LocaleInTime.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dd942680d2ef2bb61f475b378cd9e8bf7b740625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jdk/test/sun/security/util/DerOutputStream/LocaleInTime.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 6670889
+ * @summary Keystore created under Hindi Locale causing ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * @run main/othervm -Duser.language=hi -Duser.region=IN LocaleInTime
+ */
+
+import java.util.Date;
+import sun.security.util.DerOutputStream;
+import sun.security.util.DerValue;
+
+public class LocaleInTime {
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+        DerOutputStream out = new DerOutputStream();
+        out.putUTCTime(new Date());
+        DerValue val = new DerValue(out.toByteArray());
+        System.out.println(val.getUTCTime());
+    }
+}