How do I get default date and ti…

How do I get default date and time format for a definedcountry?

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The DateFormat classallows you to format dates and times with predefined styles in alocale-sensitive manner. Formatting dates or times withthe DateFormat classis a two-step process.

First, you create a formatter withthe getDateInstance() methodfor formatting date or getTimeInstance()methodfor formatting time or getDateTimeInstance() whenyou want formatting both date and time.

Second, you invoke the format method, which returns a Stringcontaining the formatted date. The following example formatstoday's date and time by calling those two methods.

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packagedateformat;

import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.Locale;

 

public class TestDateFormat {

    public static voidmain(String[] args) {

       Locale[] locales = {

              Locale.CANADA,

              Locale.FRANCE,

              Locale.GERMANY,

              Locale.US,

              Locale.JAPAN,

              Locale.ITALY

       };

       Date today = new Date();

 

       for (Locale locale : locales) {

          StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

          sb.append(locale.getDisplayCountry());

          sb.append("\n--------------------------------");

 

           //

           // Gets aDateFormat instance for the specified locale

           // andformat a date object by calling the format

           //method.

           //

           DateFormatdf = DateFormat.getDateInstance(

                 DateFormat.DEFAULT, locale);

           Stringdate = df.format(today);

          sb.append("\n Default date format: ").append(date);

 

           //

           // Gets aDateFormat instance for the specified locale

           // andformat a time information by calling the format

           //method.

           //

           DateFormattf = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(

                 DateFormat.DEFAULT, locale);

           Stringtime = tf.format(today.getTime());

          sb.append("\n Default time format: ").append(time)

                 .append("\n");

          

           DateFormattf2 = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(

          DateFormat.SHORT, locale);

           Stringtime2 = tf2.format(today.getTime());

          sb.append("\n Short time format: ").append(time2)

          .append("\n");

 

          System.out.println(sb.toString());

       }

 

       //

       // Gets date and time formatted value for Italylocale using

       // To display a date and time in the sameString, create the

       // formatter with the getDateTimeInstancemethod.

       // The first parameter is the date style, andthe second is

       // the time style. The third parameter is theLocale

       //

       DateFormat dtf =DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(

              DateFormat.DEFAULT,DateFormat.DEFAULT,

              Locale.ITALY);

       String datetime = dtf.format(today);

 

       System.out.println("date time format in "+

             Locale.ITALY.getDisplayCountry() + ": " + datetime);

    }

}

Here are the producesoutput:

Canada

--------------------------------

 Default date format: 5-Sep-2012

 Default time format: 2:56:14 PM

 Short time format: 2:56 PM

France

--------------------------------

 Default date format: 5 sept. 2012

 Default time format: 14:56:14

 Short time format: 14:56

Germany

--------------------------------

 Default date format: 05.09.2012

 Default time format: 14:56:14

 Short time format: 14:56

United States

--------------------------------

 Default date format: Sep 5, 2012

 Default time format: 2:56:14 PM

 Short time format: 2:56 PM

Japan

--------------------------------

 Default date format: 2012/09/05

 Default time format: 14:56:14

 Short time format: 14:56

Italy

--------------------------------

 Default date format: 5-set-2012

 Default time format: 14.56.14

 Short time format: 14.56

date time format in Italy: 5-set-2012 14.56.14