[JAVA] When SimpleDateFormat is garbled like ٢٠١٨١٠٠٤٠٨٣١٣٣٦٥٧

Conclusion

Always specify Locale for SimpleDateFormat!

Cause

If Locale is not specified, SimpleDateFormat may be converted depending on the locale of the terminal. If it is a Middle Eastern country, it may have adopted a system called "Indian numerals" [^ 1]. Then, "20181004083133657" will be converted to "٢٠١٨١٠٠٤٠٨٣١٣٣٦٥٧".

Solution

Always specify Locale.US!

SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmssSSS", Locale.US);

By the way, if you set the locale to new Locale ("ar", "EG") , this phenomenon can be reproduced on the Android device, but for some reason it could not be reproduced on macOS.

[^ 1]: [Indian Numerals-Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E6%95%B0%E5 % AD% 97)

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