Issue
When using Arabic locale, date control properties display as "undefined" instead of displaying date values.
Symptoms and Impact
Every user session has a locale setting that can affect the language presented by the Pega Platform user interface when displaying or entering dates, times, and monetary values.
When Arabic locale is used, a date control is displayed as "undefined" instead of showing date values.
Users cannot select the date values.
Steps to Reproduce
1. In Dev Studio click the operator icon, and then click
.2. On the tab navigate to the Localization section, and in the Default locale field, enter the target language ISO code ar_SA (Arabic).
3. Configure a date time control in a section.
4. Run the case and click the Calendar Icon.
5. Dates in the calendar display as "undefined".
6. You will not be able to select any value.
Root Cause
OOTB Date control is not working with Arabic text of dates for the Gregorian calendar.
Solution
This issue has been identified as a bug and will be fixed in the next available Patch Release.
This known issue document will be updated when the Release is available.
References
Internationalization and localization
Testing the translation package
Converting your UI for right-to-left languages