Calendar.getInstance(locale) not working

[Vijay Tyagi]

Date d1=new Date();
Locale ll=new Locale("fr","FR");
Calendar c=Calendar.getInstance(ll);


c.setTime(d1);

d1=c.getTime();
System.out.println("old date  is  "+d1);

In above code, I pass a locale to Calendar.getInstance(), but the date displayed is

not locale specific

What is wrong in this code ? I want to display locale specific date without using DateFormat

Please answer,
Thanks

[Darryl Burke]

Vijay Tyagi wrote:I want to display locale specific date without using DateFormat.

Now why would you want to do that?

[Vijay Tyagi]

Darryl Burke wrote:

Vijay Tyagi wrote:I want to display locale specific date without using DateFormat.

Now why would you want to do that?

Actually, I want to understand the use of Calendar c=Calendar.getInstance(new locale("fr"));

I pass a locale there ,while creating a Calendar instance
Now how do I make use of it ?

[Mohamed Sanaulla]

Vijay Tyagi wrote:

Darryl Burke wrote:

Vijay Tyagi wrote:I want to display locale specific date without using DateFormat.

Now why would you want to do that?

Actually, I want to understand the use of Calendar c=Calendar.getInstance(new locale("fr"));

I pass a locale there ,while creating a Calendar instance
Now how do I make use of it ?

You can make use of Locale.FRANCE instead of new Locale("fr"). I dont know if that would matter, but its good to use the JDK constant.

[I Wayan Saryada]

When you create an instance of Calendar by specifying a locale you will get a calender object for that specific locale. For instance, getting calendar instance using a Locale.FRANCE will set the first day of week to MONDAY, while using a Locale.US will give you SUNDAY as the first day of week.

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(Locale.US);
System.out.println("First Day Of Week: " + calendar.getFirstDayOfWeek());

calendar = Calendar.getInstance(Locale.FRANCE);
System.out.println("First Day Of Week: " + calendar.getFirstDayOfWeek());

[Campbell Ritchie]

I don’t think there is anything wrong with the Locale, although the constant is usually better style. The arguments appear to be case-insensitive, because I tried it with FR and fr. I think the problem is with how Calendar displays the information.
[edit]Look at the Calendar#toString() method and see whether that provides any useful information.[/edit]

[Campbell Ritchie]

Oh, you are not printing the Calendar object in that code at all. You need the Date#toString() method. But remember, date objects do not contain any locale-specific information.

[Rob Spoor]

Mohamed Sanaulla wrote:You can make use of Locale.FRANCE instead of new Locale("fr").

Locale.FRANCE is not equal to a new Locale("fr"). Locale.FRANCE is fr_FR. You meant Locale.FRENCH.