Use the style + locale: DateFormat.getDateInstance(int style, Locale locale)
Check http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/text/DateFormat.html
Run the following example to see the differences:
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
public class DateFormatDemoSO {
public static void main(String args[]) {
int style = DateFormat.MEDIUM;
//Also try with style = DateFormat.FULL and DateFormat.SHORT
Date date = new Date();
DateFormat df;
df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(style, Locale.UK);
System.out.println("United Kingdom: " + df.format(date));
df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(style, Locale.US);
System.out.println("USA: " + df.format(date));
df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(style, Locale.FRANCE);
System.out.println("France: " + df.format(date));
df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(style, Locale.ITALY);
System.out.println("Italy: " + df.format(date));
df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(style, Locale.JAPAN);
System.out.println("Japan: " + df.format(date));
}
}
Output:
United Kingdom: 25-Sep-2017
USA: Sep 25, 2017
France: 25 sept. 2017
Italy: 25-set-2017
Japan: 2017/09/25