What settings in Mac OS X affect the `Locale` and `Calendar` inside Java?
These two questions prompted me to wonder what settings in Mac OS X affect the Locale and Calendar defaults and behavior in Java: WEEK_OF_YEAR inconsistent on different machines Why would Calendar.getInstance() fail to use the default locale? Key in those discussions are these two properties in Calendar: firstDayOfWeek minimalDaysInFirstWeek The default for both those values is 1 in Java 7 & 8 when run on a default United States. What can cause other values to be reported? I've seen some peculiar behavior as to what affects these properties of java.util.Calendar. Conclusions The facts