Java Locale get/set default locale
import java.text.DateFormat; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { // Using the Locale.Category enumeration to display // information using two different locales Locale locale = Locale.getDefault(); Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(); calendar.setWeekDate(2012, 16, 3); System.out.println(DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG, DateFormat.LONG).format(calendar.getTime())); System.out.println(locale.getDisplayLanguage()); Locale.setDefault(Locale.Category.FORMAT, Locale.JAPANESE); Locale.setDefault(Locale.Category.DISPLAY, Locale.GERMAN); System.out.println(DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG, DateFormat.LONG).format(calendar.getTime())); System.out.println("" + locale.getDisplayLanguage()); }/*from w w w. j a v a 2 s . c o m*/ }
import java.text.DateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { // Set ALL locales to fr-FR Locale.setDefault(Locale.FRANCE); demoDefaultLocaleSettings();/*from www. ja v a2 s.c om*/ // System default is still fr-FR // DISPLAY default is es-MX // FORMAT default is en-US Locale.setDefault(Locale.Category.DISPLAY, Locale.forLanguageTag("es-MX")); Locale.setDefault(Locale.Category.FORMAT, Locale.US); demoDefaultLocaleSettings(); // System default is still fr-FR // DISPLAY default is en-US // FORMAT default is es-MX Locale.setDefault(Locale.Category.DISPLAY, Locale.US); Locale.setDefault(Locale.Category.FORMAT, Locale.forLanguageTag("es-MX")); demoDefaultLocaleSettings(); // System default is Locale.US // Resets both DISPLAY and FORMAT locales to en-US as well. Locale.setDefault(Locale.US); demoDefaultLocaleSettings(); } public static void demoDefaultLocaleSettings() { Date NOW = new Date(); DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.SHORT); String date = df.format(NOW); System.out.printf("DEFAULT LOCALE: %s\n", Locale.getDefault()); System.out.printf("DISPLAY LOCALE: %s\n", Locale.getDefault(Locale.Category.DISPLAY)); System.out.printf("FORMAT LOCALE: %s\n", Locale.getDefault(Locale.Category.FORMAT)); System.out.printf(date); } }