FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.7.0_25"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_25-b17)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 23.25-b01, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The Java Logging system ignores the locale and always uses en_US.

REGRESSION. Last worked in version 6u43

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Set your locale not non-US, e.g. de_DE

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println(Locale.getDefault());

Logger logger = Logger.getAnonymousLogger();
logger.warning("I am wrong");

}

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
de_DE
<<log message>> with German date format
ACTUAL -
de_DE
Nov 06, 2013 1:22:29 PM ojdbctest.HelloServlet main
WARNING: I am wrong


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println(Locale.getDefault());

Logger logger = Logger.getAnonymousLogger();
logger.warning("I am wrong");

}
---------- END SOURCE ----------