Show Date In Another Locale

[jjones_4]

I need to show a date in a language defined by a locale that is stored in a string variable named "locale".

new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, MMMM d, YYYY", Locale.forLanguageTag("es-MX")).format(new Date("09/01/2016"))

This code returns "jueves, septiembre 1, 2016" which is what I need.

 

However, if I store the "es-MX" in a simple string variable and replace the hard-coded locale with the variable, it returns NULL:

new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, MMMM d, YYYY", Locale.forLanguageTag($V{locale})).format(new Date("09/01/2016"))

 

I have also replaced the Locale.forLanguageTag("es-MX") with new Locale("es", "MX") but get the same result.

 

Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this?

 

Thanks,

Danny

[hozawa]

Did you try using Parameters instead of Variables? Set the value to a parameter and check property of the parameter to not prompt.

[jjones_4]

IT WORKED !!!!

Thanks For The Help.  I am still pretty new to Jasper.  I did not know that a parameter is treated different than a variable.