JDK-8037343 : Wrong dateformat for locale es_DO
- Type: Bug
- Component: globalization
- Sub-Component: locale-data
- Affected Version: 7u21,9
- Priority: P4
- Status: Closed
- Resolution: Fixed
- OS: generic
- CPU: generic
- Submitted: 2014-03-03
- Updated: 2016-09-05
- Resolved: 2014-05-22
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| JDK 8 | JDK 9 |
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8u20Fixed  |
9 b15Fixed |
Description
FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.7.0_21"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_21-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.21-b01, mixed mode)
ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Tested on ubuntu/linux 10.04 and earlier
macosx 10.6 and earlier
A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The locale es_DO from your implementation, produces a DateFormat as month, day and year. This is not the date format use in the Dominican Republic it is day, month and year.
ADDITIONAL REGRESSION INFORMATION:
It seems that this is an old bug.
STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Write a code:
Locale esDO = new Locale("es", "DO");
DateFormat format = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, esDO);
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(esDO);
cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 31);
cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, Calendar.MARCH);
cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2012);
System.out.println(esDO + " - " + format.format(cal.getTime()));
EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
es_DO - 31/03/12
ACTUAL -
es_DO - 03/31/12
ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
No error messages
REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.
---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
public class ATest {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Locale esDO = new Locale("es", "DO");
DateFormat format = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, esDO);
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(esDO);
cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 31);
cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, Calendar.MARCH);
cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2012);
System.out.println(esDO + " - " + format.format(cal.getTime()));
}
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------
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