AWS Java SDK - AWS authentication requires a valid Date or x-amz-date header

Getting the following exception when using the AWS SDK for Java and Java 1.8u60+.

com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.AmazonS3Exception: AWS authentication requires a valid Date or x-amz-date header (Service: Amazon S3; Status Code: 403; Error Code: AccessDenied; Request ID: 41C359C079CBAFCF)
    at com.amazonaws.http.AmazonHttpClient.handleErrorResponse(AmazonHttpClient.java:1182) ~[aws-java-sdk-core-1.10.10.jar:na]
    at com.amazonaws.http.AmazonHttpClient.executeOneRequest(AmazonHttpClient.java:770) ~[aws-java-sdk-core-1.10.10.jar:na]
    at com.amazonaws.http.AmazonHttpClient.executeHelper(AmazonHttpClient.java:489) ~[aws-java-sdk-core-1.10.10.jar:na]
    at com.amazonaws.http.AmazonHttpClient.execute(AmazonHttpClient.java:310) ~[aws-java-sdk-core-1.10.10.jar:na]
    at com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3Client.invoke(AmazonS3Client.java:3608) ~[aws-java-sdk-s3-1.10.10.jar:na]
    at com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3Client.invoke(AmazonS3Client.java:3561) ~[aws-java-sdk-s3-1.10.10.jar:na]
    at com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3Client.listObjects(AmazonS3Client.java:647) ~[aws-java-sdk-s3-1.10.10.jar:na]
    at com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3Client.listObjects(AmazonS3Client.java:632) ~[aws-java-sdk-s3-1.10.10.jar:na]

Solution 1:

This is caused by a bug between JodaTime and versions of Java greater then 1.8u60. Upgrading to JodaTime version 2.8.1 or later solves the issue. See the following Github issues for reference.

https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-java/issues/484 https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-java/issues/444

Solution 2:

As far as I can see, there are three solutions to this issue:

• upgrade joda time
• upgrade the AWS java SDK
• downgrade java to a version less than 1.8u60 (java7 seems to work fine)