INTER.TTS

A Time variable should not be followed by 'toString()' in an Internationalized environment

Description

This rule flags code where a Time variable is followed by `toString()'

If code contains a Time variable followed by a `toString()', it will not run in an internationalized environment because time formats differ with region and language.

Example

 package INTER;
 import java.sql.*;
 import java.awt.*;
 public class TTS(){
   public void displaytime() {
    Time t1= new Time(1000);
    String timeString= t1.toString();    //violation
    System.out.println(timeString);
   }
 }

Repair

If you use the date-formatting classes, your application can display dates and time correctly around the world. First, you create a formatter with the

getTimeInstance method as follows:

 DateFormat timeFormatter = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(
 	 DateFormat.DEFAULT, currentLocale);

Second, you invoke the format method, which returns a String containing the formatted date/time as follows:

     Time t1 = new Time(1000):          
     String timeString= timeFormatter.format(t1);

Reference

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/i18n/intro/checklist.html

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/i18n/format/dateFormat.html