Name: rm29839 Date: 04/09/98


A default Locale ignore system-property that is assigned java -Dxxx option.
try this code.

/* Lang.java */
import java.util.*;

class Lang {
    public static void main(String[] arg) {
        String language = System.getProperty("user.language", "EN");
        String region = System.getProperty("user.region", "");
        Locale locale = Locale.getDefault();
        System.out.println("language:"+language
                           +" region:"+region
                           +" locale:"+locale);
   }
}
/* end */

run on Windows95 Japanese with JDK1.2 beta3.
  C>java -version
  java version "1.2beta3"
  C>java Lang
  language:ja region:JP locale:ja_JP
  C>java -Duser.language=en -Duser.region=US Lang
  language:en region:US locale:ja_JP <== NG

with JDK1.2 beta2
  C>java -version
  java version "1.2beta2"
  C>java Lang
  language:ja region:JP locale:ja_JP
  C>java -Duser.language=en -Duser.region=US Lang
  language:en region:US locale:en_US <== OK
(Review ID: 27307)
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