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