Java Locale Format format(Date inputDate, String format, Locale locale)

Description

Formats the date input to String using the format given.

License

Educational Community License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
inputDate	The date that needs to be formatted.
format	The given date-time format.
locale	The given locale.

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	If not a valid date compared to ISO_ZONED_DATE_TIME format

Declaration

public static String format(Date inputDate, String format, Locale locale) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Formats the date input to String using the format given.
     * 
     * @param inputDate
     *            The date that needs to be formatted.
     * @param format
     *            The given date-time format.
     * @param locale
     *            The given locale.
     * @throws ParseException
     *          If not a valid date compared to ISO_ZONED_DATE_TIME format
     */
    public static String format(Date inputDate, String format, Locale locale) {
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = null;
        try {
            formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format, locale);
            return formatter.format(inputDate);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            formatter = (SimpleDateFormat) DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.SHORT,
                    Locale.US);
            return formatter.format(inputDate);
        }
    }
}

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