Joda-Time uses the java data to provide the formats. So, you need to
check that they are available and loaded correctly.
It may be that there is no java format defined for "pt_BR", and only for
"pt".
Otherwise, I suggest downloading the source, and stepping through with a
debugger.
Stephen
Rodrigo Canabrava wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am using Joda Time for the first time in a project, and I faced an
> issue, here.
> I wrote the following test:
>
> @Test
> public void testConversion() {
> LocalDate localDate = new LocalDate(2008, 1, 20);
> String dateString =
> localDate.toString(DateTimeFormat.shortDate().withLocale(new
> Locale("pt_BR")));
> assertEquals("20/1/08", dateString);
> }
>
> As you can see, I expected the date to be converted using the pattern
> 'dd/MM/yyyy', since this is the correct for the Brazilian locale.
> Nevertheless, the DateTimeFormat converted it using the pattern of the
> United States ('MM/dd/yyyy'), which results in failure of my test.
> I checked that even the system in which I'm running has the locale pt_BR.
> Is there a reason why this is not using the correct pattern for my locale?
>
> Regards,
> Rodrigo
>
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