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Jaeger
Jaeger

Reputation: 1716

Switch Arabic Numbers To English In String

I'm getting the time in my device, It's returning the time in GMT, and i'm converting it to Local .

The time i'm getting is for example : 23:00, When switching to Locale it returns in Arabic numbers, When i take the time from JSON, it doesn't switch it to Arabic .

Code : 

    private String GMTToLocal(String InputText){
    SimpleDateFormat inputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat
            ("yyyy:M:dd kk:mm", Locale.US);
    inputFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));

    SimpleDateFormat outputFormat =
            new SimpleDateFormat("kk:mm");
    // Adjust locale and zone appropriately
    Date date = null;
    try {
        date = inputFormat.parse(InputText);
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return outputFormat.format(date);
}

I tried the following, but didn't work : 

String Tes2 = String.format(Locale.ENGLISH,Arabic_Letters_String);

The problem in short, i need the time in English letters/numbers, not in Arabic, this only happens when i get the time from my device, but if i get it from JSON, it takes it as English and return it as English, but from the device, it takes it as Arabic and return it as 0 value ( because Simpledateformat takes English only i guess ) .

Upvotes: 1

Views: 955

Answers (1)

tynn
tynn

Reputation: 39863

SimpleDataFormat has a constructor accepting a Locale. By default the device locale is used, thus giving you arabic numbers.

SimpleDateFormat outputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("kk:mm", Locale.US);

Upvotes: 3

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