Dummy question on date format and locale

Hi everybody,
Sorry for asking such a stupid question. I've always thought that the format of the generated date
System.out.println("Default Locale: " + Locale.getDefault());
System.out.println("Default Locale Country: " + Locale.getDefault().getCountry());
System.out.println("Default Locale Language: " + Locale.getDefault().getLanguage());
SimpleDateFormat simpledateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMMyy");
String s = simpledateformat.format(calendar.getTime());
System.out.println("Generated date: " + s);On one machine I have the following output:
en
en
01FEB08On a second machine I have
en
en
01FEV08I don't understant why that difference. I thought only the locale and language could change the way dates are formatted.
Can s/o help me and explain me what elements are used to format dates or where to search?
Thx for your help
Marc

@Martin
Thx for the tip.
That's what I am already doing but I'd like to understand what creates the difference between my two instances.
Edited by: elmarc06 on Jan 29, 2009 8:11 AM

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