Java Internationalization - Formatting Date

---

---

DateFormat class provides various formats to format the date. Following is list of some of the formats.

• DateFormat.DEFAULT

• DateFormat.SHORT

• DateFormat.MEDIUM

• DateFormat.LONG

• DateFormat.FULL

Example

In following example we'll show how to use different formats.

 import java.text.DateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class I18NTester { public static void main(String[] args) { DateFormat dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT); System.out.println(dateFormat.format(new Date())); dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT); System.out.println(dateFormat.format(new Date())); dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM); System.out.println(dateFormat.format(new Date())); dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG); System.out.println(dateFormat.format(new Date())); dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL); System.out.println(dateFormat.format(new Date())); } } 

Output

It will print the following result.

 Jun 7, 2024 6/7/24 Jun 7, 2024 June 7, 2024 Friday, June 7, 2024