Question

The following Java test passes on our US hosted build server. It also passes on non-US servers, e.g. in Germany. It fails on my local server, which is running in Ireland. The following code illustrates a failing test.

org.junit.ComparisonFailure: expected:<[4/6/09 11:30 AM]> but was:<[06/04/09 11:30]>

Is there a system setting I can provide to get these tests passing locally?

public void testFormattedDate() {
// Set the default time zone in case this unit test is executed in a different country
TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone(DateUtil.DEFAULT_TIMEZONE));
final Date utilDate = new Date();
utilDate.setDate(6);
utilDate.setHours(11);
utilDate.setMinutes(30);
utilDate.setMonth(3);
utilDate.setSeconds(45);
utilDate.setYear(109);

SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat();        
final String formattedOutput = dateFormatter.format(utilDate);

Assert.assertEquals("4/6/09 11:30 AM", formattedOutput);
}  

Answer 1

Have to tried to provide a pattern to the SimpleDateFormat ?

SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("d/M/yy HH:mm a");