How can I format date by locale in Java

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I need to format date to app that has many languages  what is best way to format date  because every country has different kind of date formatting  so is it possible to format date by locale

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Take a look at java text DateFormat  Easier to use  with a bit less power  is the derived class  java text SimpleDateFormat  And here is a good intro to Java internationalization  http   java sun com docs books tutorial i18n index html  the  Formatting  section addressing your problem  and more

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SimpleDateFormat has a constructor which takes the locale  have you tried that   http   java sun com javase 6 docs api java text SimpleDateFormat html  Something like new SimpleDateFormat  your-pattern-here   Locale getDefault

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Yes  using DateFormat getDateInstance int style  Locale aLocale   This displays the current date in a locale-specific way   So  for example   DateFormat df   DateFormat getDateInstance DateFormat SHORT  yourLocale   String formattedDate   df format yourDate     See the docs for the exact meaning of the style parameter  SHORT  MEDIUM  etc

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Joda-Time  Using the Joda-Time 2 4 library  The DateTimeFormat class is a factory of DateTimeFormatter formatters  That class offers a forStyle method to access formatters appropriate to a Locale   DateTimeFormatter formatter   DateTimeFormat forStyle   MM    withLocale  Java util Locale CANADA FRENCH    String output   formatter print  DateTime now  DateTimeZone forID   America Montreal           The argument with two letters specifies a format for the date portion and the time portion  Specify a character of  S  for short style   M  for medium   L  for long  and  F  for full  A date or time may be ommitted by specifying a style character  -  HYPHEN   Note that we specified both a Locale and a time zone  Some people confuse the two     A time zone is an offset from UTC and a set of rules for Daylight Saving Time and other anomalies along with their historical changes   A Locale is a human language such as Fran  ais  plus a country code such as Canada that represents cultural practices including formatting of date-time strings    We need all those pieces to properly generate a string representation of a date-time value

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I agree with Laura and the SimpleDateFormat which is the best way to manage Dates in java  You can set the pattern and the locale  Plus you can have a look at this wikipedia article about Date in the world -there are not so many different ways to use it  typically USA   China   rest of the world -

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