This issue can be partially worked around. The Framework exception code loads the error messages from its resources, based on the current thread locale. In the case of some exceptions, this happens at the time the Message property is accessed. For those exceptions, you can obtain the full US English version of the message by … Read more
Updated list as of Android 5.1: af_ [Afrikaans] af_NA [Afrikaans (Namibia)] af_ZA [Afrikaans (South Africa)] agq_ [Aghem] agq_CM [Aghem (Cameroon)] ak_ [Akan] ak_GH [Akan (Ghana)] am_ [Amharic] am_ET [Amharic (Ethiopia)] ar_ [Arabic] ar_001 [Arabic (World)] ar_AE [Arabic (United Arab Emirates)] ar_BH [Arabic (Bahrain)] ar_DJ [Arabic (Djibouti)] ar_DZ [Arabic (Algeria)] ar_EG [Arabic (Egypt)] ar_EH [Arabic (Western … Read more
I think the main problem here is that the browser settings don’t actually affect the navigator.language property that is obtained via javascript. What they do affect is the HTTP ‘Accept-Language’ header, but it appears this value is not available through javascript at all. (Probably why @anddoutoi states he can’t find a reference for it that … Read more
The decision to use 1st January 1753 (1753-01-01) as the minimum date value for a datetime in SQL Server goes back to its Sybase origins. The significance of the date itself though can be attributed to this man. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. Who steered the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 through the British … Read more
tl;dr Instant.now() // Capture the current moment in UTC. Generate a String to represent that value: Instant.now().toString() 2016-09-13T23:30:52.123Z Details As the correct answer by Jon Skeet stated, a java.util.Date object has no time zone†. But its toString implementation applies the JVM’s default time zone when generating the String representation of that date-time value. Confusingly to … Read more
It’s possible. You can set the locale. However, I would not recommend that. We’ve tried it at early stages, it’s basically fighting the system. We have the same requirement for changing the language but decided to settle to the fact that UI should be same as phone UI. It was working via setting locale but … Read more
I’ve checked the Locale methods on my Android 4.1.2 device, and the results: Locale.getDefault().getLanguage() —> en Locale.getDefault().getISO3Language() —> eng Locale.getDefault().getCountry() —> US Locale.getDefault().getISO3Country() —> USA Locale.getDefault().getDisplayCountry() —> United States Locale.getDefault().getDisplayName() —> English (United States) Locale.getDefault().toString() —> en_US Locale.getDefault().getDisplayLanguage()—> English Locale.getDefault().toLanguageTag() —> en-US