Java DateFormat getDateTimeInstance() Example

DateFormat class getDateTimeInstance() method example. This example shows you how to use getDateTimeInstance() method.


Syntax is : public static final DateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle, Locale aLocale)
Method returns the date/time formatter with the given formatting styles for the given locale.

Here is the code.
/**
 * @(#) GetDateTimeInstance2DateFormat.java
 * A class representing use of method getDateTimeInstance() of DateFormat
class in java.text Package.
 * @Version  12-May-2008
 @author   Rose India Team
 */
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;

class GetDateTimeInstance2DateFormat {

    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");

        // getDateTimeInstance method call.
        String dFormat = dateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, 
                DateFormat.MEDIUM, locale).format(date);
        System.out.println("1: Date by getDateTimeInstance : " + dFormat);
        dFormat = dateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG, DateFormat
                .SHORT, locale).format(date);
        System.out.println("2: Date by getDateTimeInstance : " + dFormat);
        dFormat = dateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, DateFormat
                .LONG, locale).format(date);
        System.out.println("3: Date by getDateTimeInstance : " + dFormat);
        dFormat = dateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL, DateFormat
                .LONG, locale).format(date);
        System.out.println("4: Date by getDateTimeInstance : " + dFormat);
    }
}

Output of the program.
 Date  by  Date  class : Thu Jun 12 18:17:01 GMT+05:30 2008
1: Date by getDateTimeInstance : 6/12/08 6:17:01 PM
2: Date by getDateTimeInstance : June 12, 2008 6:17 PM
3: Date by getDateTimeInstance : Jun 12, 2008 6:17:01 PM GMT+05:30
4: Date by getDateTimeInstance : Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:17:01 PM GMT+05:30

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