java tutorial - Internationalizing Date (I18N with Date) - java programming - learn java - java basics - java for beginners
- Internationalize the date by using the getDateInstance() method of the DateFormat class.
- It receives the locale object as a parameter and returns the instance of the DateFormat class.
Methods of DateFormat class for internationalizing date
- There are many methods of the DateFormat class.The two methods of the DateFormat class for internationalizing the dates.
- public static DateFormat getDateInstance(int style, Locale locale) returns the instance of the DateFormat class for the specified style and locale. The style can be DEFAULT, SHORT, LONG etc.
- public String format(Date date) returns the formatted and localized date as a string.
Example
- In this example, we are displaying the date according to the different locale such as UK, US, FRANCE etc.
- For this purpose we have created the printDate() method that receives Locale object as an instance.
- The format() method of the DateFormat class receives the Date object and returns the formatted and localized date as a string.
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.*;
public class I18NDATE {
static void printDate(Locale locale){
DateFormat formatter=DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT,locale);
Date currentDate=new Date();
String date=formatter.format(currentDate);
System.out.println(locale+" "+date);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
printDate(Locale.UK);
printDate(Locale.US);
printDate(Locale.FRANCE);
}
} click below button to copy the code. By - java tutorial - team
Output
en_GB 23-Dec-2017
en_US Dec 23, 2017
fr_FR 23 déc. 2017