Date format with custom format string and Locale - Java Date Time

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Date format with custom format string and Locale

Demo Code

import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;

public class SimpleDateFormatDemo {

    static public void displayDate(Locale currentLocale) {

        Date today;/*w  w  w.  jav a  2  s .co m*/
        String result;
        SimpleDateFormat formatter;

        formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE d MMM yy", currentLocale);
        today = new Date();
        result = formatter.format(today);

        System.out.println("Locale: " + currentLocale.toString());
        System.out.println("Result: " + result);
    }

    static public void displayPattern(String pattern, Locale currentLocale) {

        Date today;
        SimpleDateFormat formatter;
        String output;

        formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, currentLocale);
        today = new Date();
        output = formatter.format(today);

        System.out.println(pattern + "   " + output);
    }

    static public void main(String[] args) {

        Locale[] locales = { new Locale("fr", "FR"),
                new Locale("de", "DE"), new Locale("en", "US") };

        for (int i = 0; i < locales.length; i++) {
            displayDate(locales[i]);
            System.out.println();
        }

        String[] patterns = { "dd.MM.yy", "yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' hh:mm:ss z",
                "EEE, MMM d, ''yy", "h:mm a", "H:mm", "H:mm:ss:SSS",
                "K:mm a,z", "yyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa" };

        for (int k = 0; k < patterns.length; k++) {
            displayPattern(patterns[k], new Locale("en", "US"));
            System.out.println();
        }

        System.out.println();
    }
}

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