Date.toLocaleDateString() ignores country settings on Android

• Provide a minimal code snippet / rnplay example that reproduces the bug.

    let testDate = Date.UTC(2016, 6, 23, 10, 0, 0, 0);
    let output = new Date(testDate).toLocaleDateString();
    return         <Text style={styles.text}>{output}</Text>;

https://rnplay.org/apps/bGMmOA

• Provide screenshots where appropriate

1. go to phone settings and change the language to Deutsch (Deutschland)
2. launch the app

Expected:

23.06.2016

Actual:

07/23/16

• What’s the version of React Native you’re using?

0.28

• Does this occur on iOS, Android or both?

only Android, on iOS this works fine.

• Are you using Mac, Linux or Windows?

Mac

[ljuborados]

This definitely shouldn’t be closed. new Date().toLocaleDateString() still isn’t working correctly, and is really a basic feature.

[jayzhou215]

now seems use new Date().toLocaleDateString() crash directly in android huawei phone with 1.0.0, while it is ok in ios, use new Date().toString() ok