How to get default date pattern in java?

Question

public class DefaultDateFormatPattern {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(new Date());
    }
}

The output is: Thu Jan 08 10:52:56 IST 2015

Is there any method in Java to get the pattern of the date it is showing ?

Answer 1

According to Java 8 toString() method of Date class the format is: EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy.

Answer 2

You can try SimpleDateFormat.toLocalizedPattern() or SimpleDateFormat.toPattern() to get the pattern.

SimpleDateFormat format=new SimpleDateFormat();
System.out.println(format.toLocalizedPattern());
System.out.println(format.toPattern());

Pass locale to get the locale specific pattern.

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