EVALUATION

j2se:src/share/classes/sun/text/resources/
------- FormatData_fr.java -------
132c132
<             { "DateTimePatternChars", "GyMdkHmsSEDFwWahKzZ" },
---
>             { "DateTimePatternChars", "GaMjkHmsSEDFwWahKzZ" },

------- FormatData_fr_BE.java -------
63c63
<             { "DateTimePatternChars", "GanjkHmsSEDFwWxhKzZ" },
---
>             { "DateTimePatternChars", "GaMjkHmsSEDFwWahKzZ" },

------- FormatData_fr_CA.java -------
55c55
<             { "DateTimePatternChars", "GanjkHmsSEDFwWxhKzZ" },
---
>             { "DateTimePatternChars", "GaMjkHmsSEDFwWahKzZ" },

------- FormatData_fr_CH.java -------
70c70
<             { "DateTimePatternChars", "GanjkHmsSEDFwWxhKzZ" },
---
>             { "DateTimePatternChars", "GaMjkHmsSEDFwWahKzZ" },

j2se:test/sun/text/resources
------- LocaleData -------
5473a5474,5482
> 
> # bug 4225362
> FormatData/fr/DateTimePatternChars=GaMjkHmsSEDFwWahKzZ
> FormatData/fr_BE/DateTimePatternChars=GaMjkHmsSEDFwWahKzZ
> FormatData/fr_CA/DateTimePatternChars=GaMjkHmsSEDFwWahKzZ
> FormatData/fr_CH/DateTimePatternChars=GaMjkHmsSEDFwWahKzZ
> FormatData/fr_FR/DateTimePatternChars=GaMjkHmsSEDFwWahKzZ
> FormatData/fr_LU/DateTimePatternChars=GaMjkHmsSEDFwWahKzZ
> 

------- LocaleDataTest.java -------
10c10
<  *      6414459 6455680 6498742 6533691 6547501 6531591 6531593
---
>  *      6414459 6455680 6498742 6533691 6547501 6531591 6531593 4225362
                                     

EVALUATION

Submitters request as well as the CLDR wants
YEAR_FIELD="a"
MONTH_FIELD="M"
DATE_FIELD="j"
Fix the j2se:src/share/classes/sun/text/resources/FormatData_fr
Affected are
FormatData_fr.java
FormatData_fr_BE.java
FormatData_fr_CA.java
FormatData_fr_CH.java
Correct "DateTimePatternChars"="GaMjkHmsSEDFwWahKzZ"
                                     

WORK AROUND



Name: chT40241			Date: 03/30/99


none.
======================================================================
pat.cashman@Ireland 2000-12-21

Change the code to explicitly set the LocalPatternChars which are used in
translating the date, as follows

import java.util.Date;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.Locale;
public class DateSymbols
{
  public static void main(String argv[])
    {
      info(Locale.US);
      info(Locale.FRENCH);
    }
  static void info(Locale locale)
    {

      System.out.println("\nLocale = " + locale);
 
// Original customer code 
 
      DateFormatSymbols syms = new DateFormatSymbols(locale);
      String s = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy", locale).toLocalizedPattern ();
      String mnemonics = syms.getLocalPatternChars();
      System.out.println("Orig -->" + mnemonics + ", " + s);
 
// Workaround code from Sun 
 
      SimpleDateFormat my_date = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy",locale);
      DateFormatSymbols my_syms = my_date.getDateFormatSymbols();
       
      // Change the Character Pattern String as necesssary
       
      if (locale.toString().equals("fr"))
      my_syms.setLocalPatternChars("GamjkHmsSEDFwWxhKz");
      my_date.setDateFormatSymbols(my_syms);
       
      String my_mnemonics = my_syms.getLocalPatternChars();
      String my_s = my_date.toLocalizedPattern ();
      System.out.println("New --->" + my_mnemonics + ", " + my_s);


    }
}
                                     

EVALUATION

There's absolutely no way to tell from the javadoc what the meaning of localized pattern characters is, what constitutes a valid local pattern chars string, how these characters interact with SimpleDateFormat, and what setLocalPatternChars is supposed to do. Before any other action is taken on this bug, we need a complete specification of this, in the javadoc.
norbert.lindenberg@Eng 1999-03-30

See "Serialized Form" of DateFormatSymbols for `localPatternChars' documentation. For the documentation problem, see 4312282.
masayoshi.okutsu@Eng 2000-02-14