First there is on problem with en_AU. I may end up to do this
SimpleDateFormat localFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(); //work around for all en_US compatible locales if (if ( "M/d/yy h:mm a".equals(localFomart.toLocalizedPattern() ) { localFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(theExpectedFormat) } Ugly eh? -Dan On 5/25/05, Brett Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you may just have to hard code the format, but only if the > locale is en_US. > > Can you test en_AU and see if it works? (We reverse the day and month in > the date, would be interested to see whether that makes a difference here). > > - Brett > > dan tran wrote: > > >Folks, > > > >starteam history command ouput has unexpected date format > >which the default SimpleDateTimeFormat() not able to handle it > > > >here is a sample output > > > >History for: project.xml > >Description: > >Locked by: > >Status: Modified > >---------------------------- > >Revision: 2 View: driver Branch Revision: 1.1 > >Author: build Date: 5/25/05 4:53:18 PM PDT > > > > > >If If I hardcode a SimpleDateTimeFormat according to this format, it > >will work, but affraid it may break on other locale > > > >Any suggestion? > > > > > >-Dan > > > > > > > > > >