Locale doesn't exists in Java

Question

I am from Turkmenistan and I used JDatePicker to get a date. Is it possible to use the Turkmen locale in Java?

Are you sure your locale isn't supported? - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/javase7locales-334809.html — mre, Jan 31 '12 at 12:54
@mre: Cannot find "turkmen" (tk-TM) on that list, so I think it really does not ship with Java. — Thilo, Jan 31 '12 at 12:57
I tried setLocale(new Locale("tm")); but it shows in english — serdar, Jan 31 '12 at 13:02
@serdar The language code is "tk" so it should be `new Locale("tk")` or `new Locale("tk", "TM")`. But it still doesn't exist. — Hauke Ingmar Schmidt, Jan 31 '12 at 13:21

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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I don't know how to add a complete new Locale to the JRE (sounds like a lot of work), but you can localize the Swing components that you need with arbitrary message bundles. And I suppose you would need to also write a custom DateFormatter.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

Community

answered Jan 31 '12 at 13:01

Thilo

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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Take a look to this answer Missing Locales in Java?, that give you a clue to your problem.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

Community

answered Jan 31 '12 at 13:13

jenaiz

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 31 '12 at 13:10

1

Use java.util.TimeZone. Check your nearest country's timezone using the below code

for(String locale : java.util.TimeZone.getAvailableIDs())
        {
            System.out.println(locale);
        }

convert your date picker time to this timezone.

answered Jan 31 '12 at 13:10

undisputed

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 31 '12 at 13:39

0

Locale is a final class, with a predefined list of Locales. I suggest you try finding a Locale which works for your situation.

The only other option is to modify a copy of the Locale class and add it to your bootclasspath or endorsed directory.

answered Jan 31 '12 at 13:39

Peter Lawrey

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