diff --git a/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/test/ExampleGenerator.java b/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/test/ExampleGenerator.java
index 913e4884462..10f5a32dbfa 100644
--- a/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/test/ExampleGenerator.java
+++ b/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/test/ExampleGenerator.java
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ public class ExampleGenerator {
     private static final Date DATE_SAMPLE2;
     private static final Date DATE_SAMPLE3;
     private static final Date DATE_SAMPLE4;
+    private static final Date DATE_SAMPLE5;  // 15698
 
     static {
         Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(ZONE_SAMPLE, ULocale.ENGLISH);
@@ -182,6 +183,9 @@ public class ExampleGenerator {
         DATE_SAMPLE3 = calendar.getTime();
         calendar.set(1999, 8, 5, 23, 0, 0); // 1999-09-05 23:00:00
         DATE_SAMPLE4 = calendar.getTime();
+
+        calendar.set(1999, 8, 5, 3, 25, 59); // 1999-09-05 03:25:59    15698
+        DATE_SAMPLE5 = calendar.getTime();  // 15698
     }
 
     static final List<DecimalQuantity> CURRENCY_SAMPLES =
@@ -2513,7 +2517,7 @@ private String handleDateFormatItem(String xpath, String value, boolean showCont
                                                 setBackground("'" + tlfResult + "'"),
                                                 setBackground("'" + dfResult + "'")
                                             }));
-            examples.add(dtf.format(DATE_SAMPLE));
+            examples.add(dtf.format(DATE_SAMPLE));  // 15698: "full time" -- 2 examples?
 
             // Handle date plus a single short time.
             dtf =
@@ -2526,7 +2530,7 @@ private String handleDateFormatItem(String xpath, String value, boolean showCont
                                                 setBackground("'" + tsfResult + "'"),
                                                 setBackground("'" + dfResult + "'")
                                             }));
-            examples.add(dtf.format(DATE_SAMPLE));
+            examples.add(dtf.format(DATE_SAMPLE));  // 15698: "short time" -- 2 examples?
 
             if (!formatType.contentEquals("atTime")) {
                 // Examples for standard pattern
@@ -2556,7 +2560,7 @@ private String handleDateFormatItem(String xpath, String value, boolean showCont
                                                         setBackground("'" + timeRange + "'"),
                                                         setBackground("'" + dfResult + "'")
                                                     }));
-                    examples.add(dtf.format(DATE_SAMPLE));
+                    examples.add(dtf.format(DATE_SAMPLE));  // 15698: don't need two times for range
 
                     // Handle relative date plus short time range
                     dtf =
@@ -2569,7 +2573,7 @@ private String handleDateFormatItem(String xpath, String value, boolean showCont
                                                         setBackground("'" + timeRange + "'"),
                                                         setBackground("'" + relativeDayValue + "'")
                                                     }));
-                    examples.add(dtf.format(DATE_SAMPLE));
+                    examples.add(dtf.format(DATE_SAMPLE));  // 15698: don't need two times for range
                 }
             } else {
                 // Examples for atTime pattern
@@ -2585,14 +2589,14 @@ private String handleDateFormatItem(String xpath, String value, boolean showCont
                                                     setBackground("'" + tsfResult + "'"),
                                                     setBackground("'" + relativeDayValue + "'")
                                                 }));
-                examples.add(dtf.format(DATE_SAMPLE));
+                examples.add(dtf.format(DATE_SAMPLE));  // 15698: "short time" -- 2 examples?
             }
 
             return formatExampleList(examples.toArray(new String[0]));
         } else {
             String id = parts.findAttributeValue("dateFormatItem", "id");
             if ("NEW".equals(id) || value == null) {
-                return startItalicSymbol + "n/a" + endItalicSymbol;
+                return startItalicSymbol + "n/a" + endItalicSymbol;  // 15698: doesn't seem relevant--meaning??
             } else {
                 String numbersOverride = parts.findAttributeValue("pattern", "numbers");
                 SimpleDateFormat sdf =
@@ -2615,16 +2619,21 @@ private String handleDateFormatItem(String xpath, String value, boolean showCont
                         return sdf.format(DATE_SAMPLE);
                     } else {
                         // Use contextExamples if showContexts T
-                        String example =
+                        String example =  // 15698 clarification: what does this do, and why only do it here?
                                 showContexts
                                         ? exampleStartHeaderSymbol
                                                 + contextheader
                                                 + exampleEndSymbol
                                         : "";
-                        example = addExampleResult(sdf.format(DATE_SAMPLE), example, showContexts);
-                        return example;
+                        String sup_twelve_example = sdf.format(DATE_SAMPLE);  // 15698
+                        String sub_ten_example = sdf.format(DATE_SAMPLE5);   // 15698 (is it bad that these aren't chronological? idk if there's any significance to DATE_SAMPLE)
+                        example = addExampleResult(sup_twelve_example, example, showContexts);  // 15698, here the task is clear
+                        if (!sup_twelve_example.equals(sub_ten_example)) {
+                            example = addExampleResult(sub_ten_example, example, showContexts);  // 15698 should maybe use formatExampleList, but confused about above example declaration
+                        }
+                        return example;  // 15698
                     }
-                } else {
+                } else {  // 15698 id contains B suggests it contains time of day, ignore?
                     List<String> examples = new ArrayList<>();
                     examples.add(sdf.format(DATE_SAMPLE3));
                     examples.add(sdf.format(DATE_SAMPLE));