Repro for bazelbuild/bazel#5978
Both fail:
$ bazel version
Build label: 0.17.1
Build target: bazel-out/darwin-opt/bin/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/BazelServer_deploy.jar
Build time: Fri Sep 14 10:38:52 2018 (1536921532)
Build timestamp: 1536921532
Build timestamp as int: 1536921532
$ bazel build //:sample
$ bazel build //:sample --config jdk8