So are saying that if you go to Settings (NOT your code) and pick the Great Britain language setting, the phone shows all dates in US English format?
On Wednesday, July 4, 2012 12:21:42 AM UTC+8, elin wrote: > > The getAvailableLocales returned en-GB locale. So the en-GB should be > available on this Samsung device and I can switch it through Settings. > In addition, if I choose the other locale on the 4.0.x devices through the > Settings, such as Deutsch. It is working perfectly as date shown > 03.07.2012, so what is wrong with en-GB? > > Thanks, > > Edward > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Edward Lin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks for the reply! Here is the results I got from this line of code: >> >> Locale[] allLocales = Locale.getAvailableLocales(); >> >> [ar, ar_AE, ar_BH, ar_DZ, ar_EG, ar_IQ, ar_JO, ar_KW, ar_LB, ar_LY, >> ar_MA, ar_OM, ar_QA, ar_SA, ar_SD, ar_SY, ar_TN, ar_YE, bg, bg_BG, ca, >> ca_ES, cs, cs_CZ, da, da_DK, de, de_AT, de_BE, de_CH, de_DE, de_LI, de_LU, >> el, el_GR, en, en_AU, en_BE, en_BW, en_BZ, en_CA, en_GB, en_HK, en_IE, >> en_IN, en_JM, en_MH, en_MT, en_NA, en_NZ, en_PH, en_PK, en_RH, en_SG, >> en_TT, en_US, en_US_POSIX, en_VI, en_ZA, en_ZW, es, es_AR, es_BO, es_CL, >> es_CO, es_CR, es_DO, es_EC, es_ES, es_GT, es_HN, es_MX, es_NI, es_PA, >> es_PE, es_PR, es_PY, es_SV, es_US, es_UY, es_VE, fa, fa_AF, fa_IR, fi, >> fi_FI, fil, fil_PH, fr, fr_BE, fr_CA, fr_CH, fr_FR, fr_LU, fr_MC, iw, >> iw_IL, hi, hi_IN, hr, hr_HR, hu, hu_HU, in, in_ID, it, it_CH, it_IT, ja, >> ja_JP, ko, ko_KR, lt, lt_LT, lv, lv_LV, nb, nb_NO, nl, nl_BE, nl_NL, pl, >> pl_PL, ps, pt, pt_BR, pt_PT, rm, ro, ro_RO, ru, ru_RU, ru_UA, sk, sk_SK, >> sl, sl_SI, sr, sv, sv_FI, sv_SE, th, th_TH, tr, tr_TR, uk, uk_UA, vi, >> vi_VN, zh, zh_CN, zh_HK, zh_HANS, zh_HANS_CN, zh_HANS_HK, zh_HANS_SG, >> zh_HANT, zh_HANT_HK, zh_HANT_MO, zh_HANT_TW, zh_MO, zh_SG, zh_TW] >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:43 AM, RichardC <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Reading a bit further I found getAvailableLocales () >>> >>> >>> http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.html#getAvailableLocales() >>> >>> Try that and see what it returns. >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 4:25:38 PM UTC+1, elin wrote: >>> >>>> Please help me with this date time localization issue. I am trying to >>>> use Java.Text.DateFormat to get the default date format for different >>>> locale in the following. >>>> >>>> dateFormatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(**DateFormat.SHORT, >>>> Locale.UK); >>>> String formattedDateString = dateFormatter.format(new >>>> Date(System.currentTimeMillis(**))); >>>> >>>> When I am trying to format the date using en-GB locale for the date >>>> - July, 3rd, 2012 >>>> >>>> Android 2.2.x.-2.3.x result: 03/07/2012 (Correct) >>>> Android 4.0.x result: 07/03/2012 (Wrong) >>>> >>>> Apparently, It is working at Android platform 2.2.x to 2.3.x, but in >>>> devices with 4.0.x (such as ASUS Eee Pad and Samsung Nexus 2), it does not >>>> work anymore. Why is this behavior different between the API level? And >>>> how >>>> can I get the default date format for specific locale from now on? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Edward >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Android Developers" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
