  *  The locale of the component. Controls how dates are formatted, e.g. in what order the fields
  *  are listed and what additional date-related characters are shown if any. Uses standard locale
  *  identifiers as described in Unicode Technical Standard #35. For example "en", "en_US" and "en-US"
- *  are all English, "ja" is Japanese.
+ *  are all English, "ja" is Japanese. If the specified locale is not supported on the platform, "en_US"
+ *  will be used. To determine if a locale is supported, use 
+ *  <code>DateTimeFormatter.getAvailableLocaleIDNames()</code>
  *
  *  <p>The default value is undefined. This property inherits its value from an ancestor; if still
  *  undefined, it inherits from the global <code>locale</code> style.</p>

        _selectedDate = value;
        syncSelectedDate = true;
        
        invalidateProperties();
    }
    
    //----------------------------------

        return _selectedDate;
    }
    
    /**
     *  @private
     */
