How can I format date by locale in Java? [duplicate]

Question

I need to format date to app that has many languages, what is best way to format date, because every country has different kind of date formatting, so is it possible to format date by locale?

Answer 1

Yes, using DateFormat.getDateInstance(int style, Locale aLocale) This displays the current date in a locale-specific way.

So, for example:

DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, yourLocale); String formattedDate = df.format(yourDate); 

See the docs for the exact meaning of the style parameter (SHORT, MEDIUM, etc)

Answer 2

SimpleDateFormat has a constructor which takes the locale, have you tried that?

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

Something like new SimpleDateFormat("your-pattern-here", Locale.getDefault());