Java SimpleDateFormat .getDateFormatSymbols ()
Syntax
SimpleDateFormat.getDateFormatSymbols() has the following syntax.
public DateFormatSymbols getDateFormatSymbols()
Example
In the following code shows how to use SimpleDateFormat.getDateFormatSymbols() method.
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
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public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat();
String date = formatter.format(new Date());
System.out.println(formatter.getDateFormatSymbols().getLocalPatternChars());
System.out.println("date = " + date);
}
}
The code above generates the following result.