Ensures AbsoluteTimeFormatterTest class is not locale-dependant (#3863)

As tests are run against locale JVM and test does not force
a locale to run, so some tests may fail due to a different result only
due to the locale of the JVM used.

Example here with test `same year formatting` in class
`AbsoluteTimeFormatterTest` line 30 on a French JVM. There may be other
lines to fail with other languages.

Fixes #3859

app/src/test/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/util/AbsoluteTimeFormatterTest.kt

@@ -1,12 +1,35 @@
 package com.keylesspalace.tusky.util
 
+import org.junit.AfterClass
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.BeforeClass
 import org.junit.Test
 import java.time.Instant
-import java.util.Date
+import java.util.*
-import java.util.TimeZone
 
 class AbsoluteTimeFormatterTest {
+    companion object {
+        /** Default locale before this test started */
+        private lateinit var locale: Locale
+
+        /**
+         * Ensure the Locale is ENGLISH so that tests against literal strings like
+         * "Apr" later, even if the test host's locale is e.g. FRENCH which would
+         * normally report "avr.".
+         */
+        @BeforeClass
+        @JvmStatic
+        fun beforeClass() {
+            locale = Locale.getDefault()
+            Locale.setDefault(Locale.ENGLISH)
+        }
+
+        @AfterClass
+        @JvmStatic
+        fun afterClass() {
+            Locale.setDefault(locale)
+        }
+    }
 
     private val formatter = AbsoluteTimeFormatter(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"))
     private val now = Date.from(Instant.parse("2022-04-11T00:00:00.00Z"))