How can I convert an Integer to localized month name in Java?

Question

I get an integer and I need to convert to a month names in various locales:

Example for locale en-us:
1 -> January
2 -> February

Example for locale e

Answer 1

Apparently in Android 2.2 there is a bug with SimpleDateFormat.

In order to use month names you have to define them yourself in your resources:

    January
    February
    March
    April
    May
    June
    July
    August
    September
    October
    November
    December

And then use them in your code like this:

/**
 * Get the month name of a Date. e.g. January for the Date 2011-01-01
 * 
 * @param date
 * @return e.g. "January"
 */
public static String getMonthName(Context context, Date date) {

    /*
     * Android 2.2 has a bug in SimpleDateFormat. Can't use "MMMM" for
     * getting the Month name for the given Locale. Thus relying on own
     * values from string resources
     */

    String result = "";

    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    cal.setTime(date);
    int month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH);

    try {
        result = context.getResources().getStringArray(R.array.month_names)[month];
    } catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
        result = Integer.toString(month);
    }

    return result;
}