Get preferred date format string of Android system

Question

Does anybody know how to get the format string used by the system when formatting a date using

DateFormat.getLongDateFormat(Context context).format(Date date) 

Answer 1

To get the date format pattern you can do:

Format dateFormat = android.text.format.DateFormat.getDateFormat(getApplicationContext()); String pattern = ((SimpleDateFormat) dateFormat).toLocalizedPattern();