Format date with DateFormat.MEDIUM in Java

DateFormat.MEDIUM is a constant for medium style pattern.

Firstly, we will create date object −

Date dt = new Date(); DateFormat dateFormat;

Let us format date for different locale with DateFormat.MEDIUM −

// CHINESE dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.CHINESE); // CANADA dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat. MEDIUM, Locale.CANADA);

The following is an example −

Example

 Live Demo

import java.text.DateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; public class Demo { public static void main(String args[]) { Date dt = new Date(); DateFormat dateFormat; // Date Format MEDIUM constant dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.FRENCH); System.out.println("Locale FRENCH = " + dateFormat.format(dt)); dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.GERMANY); System.out.println("Locale GERMANY = " + dateFormat.format(dt)); dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.CHINESE); System.out.println("Locale CHINESE = " + dateFormat.format(dt)); dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.CANADA); System.out.println("Locale CANADA = " + dateFormat.format(dt)); dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.ITALY); System.out.println("Locale ITALY = " + dateFormat.format(dt)); dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.TAIWAN); System.out.println("Locale TAIWAN = " + dateFormat.format(dt)); } }

Output

Locale FRENCH = 22 nov. 2018 Locale GERMANY = 22.11.2018 Locale CHINESE = 2018-11-22 Locale CANADA = 22-Nov-2018 Locale ITALY = 22-nov-2018 Locale TAIWAN = 2018/11/22