Change Date Era Symbols in Java
Description
The following code shows how to change Date Era Symbols.
Example
//from www.j a v a2s. c o m
import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class Main {
public static void main(String s[]) {
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat();
DateFormatSymbols dfs = sdf.getDateFormatSymbols();
String era[] = { "BCE", "CE" };
dfs.setEras(era);
sdf.setDateFormatSymbols(dfs);
sdf.applyPattern("MMMM d yyyy G");
System.out.println(sdf.format(new Date()));
}
}
The code above generates the following result.