Here you can find the source of formatDate(Date date, String format, String localeText)
public static String formatDate(Date date, String format, String localeText)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w . ja v a 2s . c om * Keystone Development Framework * Copyright (C) 2004-2009 Rick Knowles * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License * Version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License Version 2 for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License * Version 2 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { public static String formatDate(Date date, String format, String localeText) { String localeLanguage = null; String localeCountry = null; if ((localeText == null) || localeText.equals("") || (localeText.indexOf('_') == -1)) { localeLanguage = "en"; localeCountry = "US"; } else { localeLanguage = localeText.substring(0, localeText.indexOf('_')); localeCountry = localeText.substring(localeText.indexOf('_') + 1); } DateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format, new Locale(localeLanguage, localeCountry)); return sdf.format(date); } }