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Asked: 2026-05-10T14:51:23+00:00

Here is a quick test program: public static void main( String[] args ) {

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Here is a quick test program:

    public static void main( String[] args ) {     Date date = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();      System.out.println('Months:');     printDate( 'MMMM', 'en', date );     printDate( 'MMMM', 'es', date );     printDate( 'MMMM', 'fr', date );     printDate( 'MMMM', 'de', date );      System.out.println('Days:');     printDate( 'EEEE', 'en', date );     printDate( 'EEEE', 'es', date );     printDate( 'EEEE', 'fr', date );     printDate( 'EEEE', 'de', date );  }  public static void printDate( String format, String locale, Date date ) {     System.out.println( locale + ': ' + (new SimpleDateFormat( format, new Locale( locale ) )).format( date ) ); }

The output is:

Months: en: September es: septiembre fr: septembre de: September Days: en: Monday es: lunes fr: lundi de: Montag

How can I control the capitalization of the names. For some reason the Spanish and French always seem to return names that start with a lowercase letter.

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  1. Not all languages share english capitalization rules. I guess you’d need to alter the data used by the API, but your non-english clients might not appreciate it…

    about.com on french capitalization

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