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Inconsistent date format for German

The following code produces different output in Android and standard jdk

final DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z", Locale.GERMAN); final String today = df.format(new Date());

Output:

Android: Mi., 24 Jul 2013 12:33:12 +0200

Standard jdk: Mi, 24 Jul 2013 12:33:12 +0200

On the server side, it throws a parsing exception, any idea?

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Use the standard time format by date. JDK does not support all locales. Therefore, it is safe to use Locale.US, especially useful when exchanging data on the platform.

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I can offer a workaround:

  SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z", Locale.GERMAN); DateFormatSymbols dfs = df.getDateFormatSymbols(); String[] swd = {"", "So", "Mo", "Di", "Mi", "Do", "Fr", "Sa"}; dfs.setShortWeekdays(swd); df.setDateFormatSymbols(dfs);

now it will format dates in

 Mi, 24 Jul 2013 12:33:12 +0200

in standard Java and Android

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