How to retrieve the date format for a locale

Question

I've been using DateFormat to format dates, but now I need to pass the format for the locale to the jQuery Date widget. How can I get the format?

Update:

To clarify, I need to get the pattern in Java so I can output it elsewhere. e.g. in some JavaScript where I might want to create a string like this with the date format in it:

$('#datepicker').datepicker({'dateFormat':'dd/mm/yy'})

Answer 1

You can get the date pattern by using

((SimpleDateFormat) DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG, DateFormat.LONG, Locale.UK)).toPattern()

or if you just need the date

((SimpleDateFormat) DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, Locale.UK)).toPattern()

API: SimpleDateFormat.toPattern(), DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(), DateFormat.getDateInstance()

Second question is how to convert that to jQuery specific format pattern.

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