Java DateFormat getDateInstance() Example
DateFormat class getDateInstance() method example. This example shows you how to use getDateInstance() method.
Syntax is : public static final DateFormat getDateInstance(int style, Locale aLocale)
Method returns the date formatter with the given formatting style for the given locale.
Here is the code.
/**
* @(#) GetDateInstance2DateFormat.java
* A class representing use of method getDateInstance() of DateFormat
class in java.text Package.
* @Version 12-May-2008
* @author Rose India Team
*/
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
class GetDateInstance2DateFormat {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Create new Date object that will be initialized to the current date.
Date date = new Date();
System.out.println("Date by Date class : " + date.toString());
// Create new DateFormat object that will returns default date/time.
DateFormat dateFormat = DateFormat.getInstance();
Locale locale = new Locale("ENGLISH");
// getDateInstance method call.
String dt = dateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, locale).
format(date);
System.out.println("SHORT style Date for specified locale : " + dt);
dt = dateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG, locale).format(date);
System.out.println("Date in LONG style for specified locale : " + dt);
dt = dateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, locale).format(date);
System.out.println("Date in MEDIUM style for specified locale : " + dt);
dt = dateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL, locale).format(date);
System.out.println("Date in FULL style for specified locale : " + dt);
}
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Output of the program.
Date by Date class : Thu Jun 12 18:09:20 GMT+05:30 2008
SHORT style Date for specified locale : 6/12/08
Date in LONG style for specified locale : June 12, 2008
Date in MEDIUM style for specified locale : Jun 12, 2008
Date in FULL style for specified locale : Thursday, June 12, 2008 |
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