DateFormatting

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();
}
}