Java SimpleDateFormat getDateFormatSymbols() Example
SimpleDateFormat class getDateFormatSymbols() method example. This example shows you how to use getDateFormatSymbols() method.
Syntax is : public DateFormatSymbols getDateFormatSymbols()
This method returns a copy of the date and time format symbols of this date format.
Here is the code.
/**
* @(#) GetDateFormatSymbolsSimpleDateFormat.java
* A class representing use of method getDateFormatSymbols() of SimpleDateFormat
class in java.text Package.
* @Version 14-May-2008
* @author Rose India Team
*/
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
class GetDateFormatSymbolsSimpleDateFormat {
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());
SimpleDateFormat sdf;
// Create new SimpleDateFormat object that returns default pattern.
sdf = new SimpleDateFormat();
String dateFormat = sdf.format(date);
System.out.println("Date by SimpleDateFormat class : " + dateFormat);
// getDateFormatSymbols method call for SimpleDateFormat object.
DateFormatSymbols dfSymbol = sdf.getDateFormatSymbols();
String[] months = dfSymbol.getMonths();
System.out.println("Symbols used for the month :");
for (int i = 0; i < months.length; i++) {
System.out.println(months[i]);
}
}
} |
Output of the program.
Date by Date class : Sat Jun 14 13:05:39 GMT+05:30 2008
Date by SimpleDateFormat class : 6/14/08 1:05 PM
Symbols used for the month :
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December |
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