Time zone abbreviations not translating to French

[mstaro]

Key information

• Joda-Time version: 2.9.9

Problem description

I'm submitting this as an issue since I haven't found a solution for this problem anywhere. France has translated versions for time zone abbreviations. To name a few English to French translations:

AKST -> HNAK
AKDT -> HEAK
CT -> HC
CST -> HNC
CDT -> HEC
ET -> HE
EST -> HNE

Program

As an example, I'm trying to obtain the translated equivalent for time zone AKDT (America/Anchorage), which should be HEAK:

String tz = DateTimeZone.forID("America/Anchorage").getShortName(DateTimeUtils.currentTimeMillis(), Locale.FRANCE);
// prints AKDT instead of HEAK
System.out.println(tz);

I'm aware that this might be an unsupported feature, so far it seems that only German translations are supported. Would there be any workaround to be able to obtain French translations?

Thanks!

[jodastephen]

As Joda-Time is being phased out now Java 8 is here, it is unlikely that this request will happen.