What's a Nexus 2? I use DateUtils.formatDateRange() to format my dates. You can give the same start/end dates if you just want to format a single date.
On Thursday, July 5, 2012 10:50:45 PM UTC+8, elin wrote: > > That is correct. It happened on my Samsung Nexus 2 and ASUS Eee Pad (All > those testing devices are using platform 4.0.x). Some other phones like > Motorola Atrix (2.3.6) displayed date with en-GB correctly. All of those > devices are purchased from US. > > As I mentioned in the previous email, the Code in my App is: > > Locale currentLocale = Locale.*getDefault*(); // at this point, the > setting is using en-GB > dateFormatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(**Dat**eFormat.SHORT, > currentLocale); > String formattedDateString = dateFormatter.format(new > Date(System.currentTimeMillis(****))); > > The Date Format should be SHORT for all locales. I just try to use a > generic way to handle the date time localization. > > Thanks, > > Edward > > On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 <richard.critten@googlemail.* >>>> *com <[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Reading a bit further I found getAvailableLocales () >>>>> >>>>> http://developer.android.com/**reference/java/util/Locale.** >>>>> html#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(**Dat**eFormat.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 android-developers@** >>>>> googlegroups.com <[email protected]> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> android-developers+**[email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/android-developers?hl=en<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 >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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