RFR: 8326948: Force English locale for timeout formatting

[Andy Goryachev]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:20:04 GMT, Alexey Ivanov <aivanov at openjdk.org> wrote:

> If a test runs in non-English locale, the digits displayed in the timeout could be locale-specific, which may be confusing.
> 
> For example, in the Arabic locale `-Duser.language=ar`, the timeout is displayed like this:
> 
> Test timeout: ٠٠:٠٤:٥٨
> 
> The fix explicitly sets English locale for formatting, which ensures the timeout is always displayed with the Western Arabic numerals, see [Numerals in most popular systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_digit#Numerals_in_most_popular_systems).

test/jdk/java/awt/regtesthelpers/PassFailJFrame.java line 644:

> 642:             long seconds = (leftTime - hours * 3_600_000 - minutes * 60_000) / 1_000;
> 643:             label.setText(String.format(Locale.ENGLISH,
> 644:                                         "Test timeout: %02d:%02d:%02d",

is this the only place where we must enforce the locale?  Surely, there must be many, many other occurrences!

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18042#discussion_r1506180948