JDK-8017136 : Euro currency for Estonia
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: globalization
  • Sub-Component: locale-data
  • Affected Version: 6u29
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: windows_7
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2012-02-16
  • Updated: 2013-10-24
  • Resolved: 2013-10-24
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Description
FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
Java 1.6.0_25

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows 7, SP1, build number 7601

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
This seams to be behaviour on all Windows 7 systems

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Starting 	1 January 2011 Estonia adopted Euro as their currency. After 1 year, Java is still reporting EEK (Estonian Kroon) as their currency.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Locale estonia = new Locale("et","EE");
Currency estCurrency = Currency.getInstance(estonia);
System.out.println(estCurrency.getCurrencyCode());


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

Comments
It's already fixed in Java 8 and 6u30.
24-10-2013