Dates Displayed in the Wrong Language

Platform Notice: Data Center Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products on the Data Center platform.

Note that this KB was created for the Data Center version of the product. Data Center KBs for non-Data-Center-specific features may also work for Server versions of the product, however they have not been tested. Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024. If you are running a Server product, you can visit the Atlassian Server end of support announcement to review your migration options.

*Except Fisheye and Crucible

Problem

When viewing reviews or the activity stream, dates are displayed in the wrong language. For example: "jeudi 05 mars"

Cause

This is caused by the Java language format being set to value other than the language that is desired.

Resolution

Set the following Java options in the JAVA_OPTS environment variable to specify the correct language for Java.

1 -Duser.language.format=en
Updated on April 8, 2025
Platform
Data Center only
Products
Fisheye Data Center
Crucible Data Center
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