[jira] [Commented] (LANG-799) DateUtils#parseDate uses default locale instead of US (or trying both default locale and Locale.English)

["Sebb (Commented) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Sebb commented on LANG-799:
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There seems no reason to treat Locale.ENGLISH specially here.

I think option D is the best.

i.e. leave the current behaviour as is (and make sure it's documented), but allow the Locale to be provided.
                
> DateUtils#parseDate uses default locale instead of US (or trying both default locale and Locale.English)
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>
>                 Key: LANG-799
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-799
>             Project: Commons Lang
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: lang.time.*
>    Affects Versions: 3.1
>            Reporter: Oliver Kopp
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: features
>   Original Estimate: 2h
>  Remaining Estimate: 2h
>
> Similar issue as https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-471
> Following line throws an ParseException on a German system:
> d = DateUtils.parseDate("Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:55:38 GMT", new String[] {"EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz"});
> Reason: parseDate internally calls SimpleDateFormat without providing a locale. This causes "MMM" to be interpreted using the system locale. If the system is German, the date is trying to be interpreted as German date.
> I see following solutions:
>  A) Always instantiate SimpleDateFormat with Locale.ENGLISH
>  B) Make two instances of SimpleDateFormat. One without providing a locale and one with Locale.ENGLISH. Try two parsings
>  C) Make as many SimpleDateFormat instances as locales are availble iterate over all instances at the parsing attempts.
>  D) provide an additional (optional) parameter to parseDate for providing a Locale
> I would prefer B) as this seems the best trade-off between internationalization and local usage.
> What do you think?

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