Locale date time Format

 
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class DateFormatDemo {

  static public void displayDate(Locale currentLocale) {

    Date today;
    String dateOut;
    DateFormat dateFormatter;

    dateFormatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT,currentLocale);
    today = new Date();
    dateOut = dateFormatter.format(today);

    System.out.println(dateOut + "   " + currentLocale.toString());
  }

  static public void showBothStyles(Locale currentLocale) {

    Date today;
    String result;
    DateFormat formatter;

    int[] styles = { DateFormat.DEFAULT, DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.MEDIUM,
        DateFormat.LONG, DateFormat.FULL };

    System.out.println();
    System.out.println("Locale: " + currentLocale.toString());
    System.out.println();

    today = new Date();

    for (int k = 0; k < styles.length; k++) {
      formatter = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(styles[k], styles[k],
          currentLocale);
      result = formatter.format(today);
      System.out.println(result);
    }
  }

  static public void showDateStyles(Locale currentLocale) {

    Date today = new Date();
    String result;
    DateFormat formatter;

    int[] styles = { DateFormat.DEFAULT, DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.MEDIUM,
        DateFormat.LONG, DateFormat.FULL };

    System.out.println();
    System.out.println("Locale: " + currentLocale.toString());
    System.out.println();

    for (int k = 0; k < styles.length; k++) {
      formatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(styles[k], currentLocale);
      result = formatter.format(today);
      System.out.println(result);
    }
  }

  static public void showTimeStyles(Locale currentLocale) {

    Date today = new Date();
    String result;
    DateFormat formatter;

    int[] styles = { DateFormat.DEFAULT, DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.MEDIUM,
        DateFormat.LONG, DateFormat.FULL };

    System.out.println();
    System.out.println("Locale: " + currentLocale.toString());
    System.out.println();

    for (int k = 0; k < styles.length; k++) {
      formatter = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(styles[k], currentLocale);
      result = formatter.format(today);
      System.out.println(result);
    }
  }

  static public void main(String[] args) {

    Locale[] locales = { new Locale("fr", "FR"), new Locale("de", "DE"),
        new Locale("en", "US") };

    for (int i = 0; i < locales.length; i++) {
      displayDate(locales[i]);
    }

    showDateStyles(new Locale("en", "US"));
    showDateStyles(new Locale("fr", "FR"));

    showTimeStyles(new Locale("en", "US"));
    showTimeStyles(new Locale("de", "DE"));

    showBothStyles(new Locale("en", "US"));
    showBothStyles(new Locale("fr", "FR"));

  }
}
  

6 sept. 2002   fr_FR
06.09.2002   de_DE
Sep 6, 2002   en_US

Locale: en_US

Sep 6, 2002
9/6/12
Sep 6, 2002
September 6, 2002
Thursday, September 6, 2002

Locale: fr_FR

6 sept. 2002
06/09/12
6 sept. 2002
6 septembre 2002
jeudi 6 septembre 2002

Locale: en_US

9:00:40 AM
9:00 AM
9:00:40 AM
9:00:40 AM PDT
9:00:40 AM PDT

Locale: de_DE

09:00:40
09:00
09:00:40
09:00:40 PDT
09:00 Uhr PDT

Locale: en_US

Sep 6, 2002 9:00:40 AM
9/6/12 9:00 AM
Sep 6, 2002 9:00:40 AM
September 6, 2002 9:00:40 AM PDT
Thursday, September 6, 2002 9:00:40 AM PDT

Locale: fr_FR

6 sept. 2002 09:00:40
06/09/12 09:00
6 sept. 2002 09:00:40
6 septembre 2002 09:00:40 PDT
jeudi 6 septembre 2002 09 h 00 PDT