Java SimpleDateFormat setDateFormatSymbols() Example
SimpleDateFormat class setDateFormatSymbols() method example. This example shows you how to use setDateFormatSymbols() method.
Syntax is : public void setDateFormatSymbols(DateFormatSymbols newFormatSymbols)
Method sets the date and time format symbols of this date format.
Here is the code.
/**
* @(#) SetDateFormatSymbolsSimpleDateFormat.java
* A class representing use of method setDateFormatSymbols() of SimpleDateFormat
class in java.text Package.
* @Version 14-May-2008
* @author Rose India Team
*/
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
class SetDateFormatSymbolsSimpleDateFormat {
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[] days = dfSymbol.getWeekdays();
System.out.print("Symbols used for the week days :");
for (int i = 0; i < days.length; i++) {
System.out.println(days[i]);
}
String[] newWeekDys = {"Mahendra", "Girish", "Komal"};
DateFormatSymbols dfSymbols = new DateFormatSymbols();
dfSymbols.setWeekdays(newWeekDys);
// setDateFormatSymbols method call for SimpleDateFormat object.
sdf.setDateFormatSymbols(dfSymbols);
dfSymbol = sdf.getDateFormatSymbols();
days = dfSymbol.getWeekdays();
System.out.println("\nNew symbols for the week days :");
for (int i = 0; i < days.length; i++) {
System.out.println(days[i]);
}
}
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Output of the program.
Date by Date class : Sat Jun 14 13:15:55 GMT+05:30 2008
Date by SimpleDateFormat class : 6/14/08 1:15 PM
Symbols used for the week days :
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
New symbols for the week days :
Mahendra
Girish
Komal |
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