Java Locale Format formatLocaleDate(final java.util.Date date)

Description

Return a string representation of the supplied date with the current default locale.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	a parameter

Return

the string in locale format

Declaration

public static String formatLocaleDate(final java.util.Date date) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Return a string representation of the supplied date with the current default locale.
     * 
     * @param date
     * @return the string in locale format
     */
    public static String formatLocaleDate(final java.util.Date date) {
        return formatLocaleDate(date, Locale.getDefault());
    }

    /**
     * Return a string representation of the supplied date with the supplied locale.
     * 
     * @param date
     * @param locale
     * @return the string in locale format
     */
    public static String formatLocaleDate(final java.util.Date date, Locale locale) {
        return DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, DateFormat.LONG, locale).format(date);
    }
}

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