That is correct. It happened on my Samsung Nexus 2 and ASUS Eee Pad (All those testing devices are using platform 4.0.x). Some other phones like Motorola Atrix (2.3.6) displayed date with en-GB correctly. All of those devices are purchased from US.
As I mentioned in the previous email, the Code in my App is: Locale currentLocale = Locale.*getDefault*(); // at this point, the setting is using en-GB dateFormatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(**Dat**eFormat.SHORT, currentLocale); String formattedDateString = dateFormatter.format(new Date(System.currentTimeMillis(****))); The Date Format should be SHORT for all locales. I just try to use a generic way to handle the date time localization. Thanks, Edward On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > So are saying that if you go to Settings (NOT your code) and pick the > Great Britain language setting, the phone shows all dates in US English > format? > > > On Wednesday, July 4, 2012 12:21:42 AM UTC+8, elin wrote: >> >> The getAvailableLocales returned en-GB locale. So the en-GB should be >> available on this Samsung device and I can switch it through Settings. >> In addition, if I choose the other locale on the 4.0.x devices through >> the Settings, such as Deutsch. It is working perfectly as date shown >> 03.07.2012, so what is wrong with en-GB? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Edward >> >> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Edward Lin <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the reply! Here is the results I got from this line of code: >>> >>> Locale[] allLocales = Locale.getAvailableLocales(); >>> >>> [ar, ar_AE, ar_BH, ar_DZ, ar_EG, ar_IQ, ar_JO, ar_KW, ar_LB, ar_LY, >>> ar_MA, ar_OM, ar_QA, ar_SA, ar_SD, ar_SY, ar_TN, ar_YE, bg, bg_BG, ca, >>> ca_ES, cs, cs_CZ, da, da_DK, de, de_AT, de_BE, de_CH, de_DE, de_LI, de_LU, >>> el, el_GR, en, en_AU, en_BE, en_BW, en_BZ, en_CA, en_GB, en_HK, en_IE, >>> en_IN, en_JM, en_MH, en_MT, en_NA, en_NZ, en_PH, en_PK, en_RH, en_SG, >>> en_TT, en_US, en_US_POSIX, en_VI, en_ZA, en_ZW, es, es_AR, es_BO, es_CL, >>> es_CO, es_CR, es_DO, es_EC, es_ES, es_GT, es_HN, es_MX, es_NI, es_PA, >>> es_PE, es_PR, es_PY, es_SV, es_US, es_UY, es_VE, fa, fa_AF, fa_IR, fi, >>> fi_FI, fil, fil_PH, fr, fr_BE, fr_CA, fr_CH, fr_FR, fr_LU, fr_MC, iw, >>> iw_IL, hi, hi_IN, hr, hr_HR, hu, hu_HU, in, in_ID, it, it_CH, it_IT, ja, >>> ja_JP, ko, ko_KR, lt, lt_LT, lv, lv_LV, nb, nb_NO, nl, nl_BE, nl_NL, pl, >>> pl_PL, ps, pt, pt_BR, pt_PT, rm, ro, ro_RO, ru, ru_RU, ru_UA, sk, sk_SK, >>> sl, sl_SI, sr, sv, sv_FI, sv_SE, th, th_TH, tr, tr_TR, uk, uk_UA, vi, >>> vi_VN, zh, zh_CN, zh_HK, zh_HANS, zh_HANS_CN, zh_HANS_HK, zh_HANS_SG, >>> zh_HANT, zh_HANT_HK, zh_HANT_MO, zh_HANT_TW, zh_MO, zh_SG, zh_TW] >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:43 AM, RichardC <richard.critten@googlemail.** >>> com <[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>>> Reading a bit further I found getAvailableLocales () >>>> >>>> http://developer.android.com/**reference/java/util/Locale.** >>>> html#getAvailableLocales()<http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Locale.html#getAvailableLocales()> >>>> >>>> Try that and see what it returns. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 4:25:38 PM UTC+1, elin wrote: >>>> >>>>> Please help me with this date time localization issue. I am trying to >>>>> use Java.Text.DateFormat to get the default date format for different >>>>> locale in the following. >>>>> >>>>> dateFormatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(**Dat**eFormat.SHORT, >>>>> Locale.UK); >>>>> String formattedDateString = dateFormatter.format(new >>>>> Date(System.currentTimeMillis(****))); >>>>> >>>>> When I am trying to format the date using en-GB locale for the date >>>>> - July, 3rd, 2012 >>>>> >>>>> Android 2.2.x.-2.3.x result: 03/07/2012 (Correct) >>>>> Android 4.0.x result: 07/03/2012 (Wrong) >>>>> >>>>> Apparently, It is working at Android platform 2.2.x to 2.3.x, but in >>>>> devices with 4.0.x (such as ASUS Eee Pad and Samsung Nexus 2), it does not >>>>> work anymore. Why is this behavior different between the API level? And >>>>> how >>>>> can I get the default date format for specific locale from now on? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Edward >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Android Developers" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@** >>>> googlegroups.com <[email protected]> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> android-developers+**[email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/android-developers?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en> >>>> >>> >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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