Sample code for SimpleDateFormat

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class DateFormat {

	static public void displayDate(Locale currentLocale) {

		Date today;
		String result;
		SimpleDateFormat formatter;

		formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE d MMM yy", currentLocale);
		today = new Date();
		result = formatter.format(today);

		System.out.println("Locale: " + currentLocale.toString());
		System.out.println("Result: " + result);
	}

	static public void displayPattern(String pattern, Locale currentLocale) {

		Date today;
		SimpleDateFormat formatter;
		String output;

		formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, currentLocale);
		today = new Date();
		output = formatter.format(today);

		System.out.println(pattern + " " + output);
	}

	static public void main(String[] args) {

		Locale[] locales = { new Locale("fr", "FR"), new Locale("de", "DE"),
		new Locale("en", "US") };

		for (int i = 0; i < locales.length; i++) {
			displayDate(locales[i]);
			System.out.println();
		}

		String[] patterns = { "dd.MM.yy", "yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' hh:mm:ss z",
		"EEE, MMM d, ''yy", "h:mm a", "H:mm", "H:mm:ss:SSS",
		"K:mm a,z", "yyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa" };

		for (int k = 0; k < patterns.length; k++) {
			displayPattern(patterns[k], new Locale("en", "US"));
			System.out.println();
		}
		System.out.println();
	}
}

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