Calendar failed to get the days names in different languages than English

calendar, java, localization

Solution

Use , `Locale.GERMAN` or use `new Locale("de")`, instead of `new Locale("de_DE")`

Map<String,Integer> displayNames = now.getDisplayNames(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK, 
            Calendar.LONG, Locale.GERMAN);

Map<String,Integer> displayNames = now.getDisplayNames(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK, 
            Calendar.LONG, new Locale("de"));

It is helpful to go through the Javadocs for Locale(String) constructor, which says "Construct a locale from a language code". The language code for German is "de" not "de_DE".

Problem

I'm trying to get the days of the week in German using the Calendar function getDisplayNames() with German locale. ``` Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance(); Map<String,Integer> displayNames = now.getDisplayNames(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK, Calendar.LONG, new Locale("de_DE")); ``` Instead I get the day of week names in English: Sunday, Monday, .... etc. Am I doing something wrong or it simply doesn't work? Maybe it got somthing to do with the toString() of my IDEA debugger console? I'm using the latest Intellij 12.1.2.

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