i18n date/time handling

diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java b/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
index 5d26b85..f3c8745 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
  */
 package jalview.bin;
 
+import jalview.util.MessageManager;
 import jalview.ws.dbsources.das.api.DasSourceRegistryI;
 import jalview.ws.dbsources.das.datamodel.DasSourceRegistry;
 
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.io.*;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.*;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.*;
@@ -780,8 +780,7 @@ public class Cache
     setProperty(property, jalview.util.Format.getHexString(colour));
   }
 
-  public static final DateFormat date_format = SimpleDateFormat
-          .getDateTimeInstance();
+  public static final DateFormat date_format = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG,MessageManager.getLocale());
 
   /**
    * store a date in a jalview property

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java b/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java
index 25b5ea3..c0cfb78 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ public class BlogReader extends JPanel
     java.util.Date earliest = null;
     try
     {
-      earliest = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY-MM-DD").parse(chan
+      earliest = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY-MM-DD",MessageManager.getLocale()).parse(chan
               .getHTTPLastModified());
     } catch (Exception x)
     {
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ class ItemsRenderer extends DefaultListCellRenderer
       Item item = (Item) value;
       if (item.getPublishDate() != null)
       {
-        component.setText(MessageManager.formatMessage("label.blog_item_published_on_date", new String[]{DateFormat.getDateInstance().format(item.getPublishDate()).toString(),item.getTitle()}));
+        component.setText(MessageManager.formatMessage("label.blog_item_published_on_date", new String[]{DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG, MessageManager.getLocale()).format(item.getPublishDate()).toString(),item.getTitle()}));
       }
       component.setToolTipText(item.getLink());
       if (!item.isRead())