SimpleDateFormate has problem in ar_EG Locale

Question

Hi all,
This code fails when the machine locale is ar_EG(known Java bug [ http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4823811] )
try{
SimpleDateFormat st =new SimpleDateFormat();
st.applyPattern("yyyy-MM-dd-HH.mm.ss");
st.parse("2002-12-20-12.18.20");
I am going to use below code as a workaround and I want to make sure it will not fail in any OS with any Locale .Specially OS does not contain Locale_US (Since I use it )
SimpleDateFormat st =new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd-HH.mm.ss",Locale.US);
st.parse("2002-12-20-12.18.20");
Thanks in advance,
rona

Answer 1

Hi all,
This code fails when the machine locale is ar_EG(known
Java bug [
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4823
11] )
try{
SimpleDateFormat st =new SimpleDateFormat();
st.applyPattern("yyyy-MM-dd-HH.mm.ss");
st.parse("2002-12-20-12.18.20");
I am going to use below code as a workaround and I
want to make sure it will not fail in any OS with any
Locale .Specially OS does not contain Locale_US (Since
I use it )I don't understand this part.
>
SimpleDateFormat st =new
SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd-HH.mm.ss",Locale.US);
st.parse("2002-12-20-12.18.20");
Thanks in advance,
ronaThe constructor which takes Locale as its second arg works on Sun JDK + Linux.