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Answer 1

+4 A:

DateFormat.getDateInstance(int,Locale)

For example:

import static java.text.DateFormat.*;

DateFormat f = getDateInstance(SHORT, Locale.ENGLISH);

Then you can use this object to format Dates:

String d = f.format(new Date());

If you actually want to know the underlying pattern (e.g. yyyy-MMM-dd) then, as you'll get a SimpleDateFormat object back:

SimpleDateFormat sf = (SimpleDateFormat) f;
String p1 = sf.toPattern();
String p2 = sf.toLocalizedPattern();

oxbow_lakes 2009-08-27 07:13:21

I don't think there is a guarantee that DateFormat.getDateInstance(...) returns a SimpleDateFormat object, so casting the result to SimpleDateFormat might be dangerous (it might not work on another implementation of Java than Sun's implementation, or it might not even work on a different version of Sun's implementation).

Jesper 2009-08-27 07:30:45

This is very true - there is no guarantee. But it will be a `SimpleDateFormat` in practice

oxbow_lakes 2009-08-27 07:31:56

Answer 2

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Is there any other way (without using SimpleDateFormat cast) to retrieve default pattern for a given Locale object?

Related theme.

Milkywayfarer 2010-08-15 18:16:15

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