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Formating dates and times

Problem:

You want to format a date correctly for a locale.

Solution:

Formatting dates and times correctly for a locale can prove challenging, especially considering the variety of possibilities.  Thankfully, Java provides a number of date formatting methods and classes.  icu4j adds even more tools to the programmers toolbox.

 

To format a date you need to get an instance of the DateFormat class passing the locale in:

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  • date formatting
  • formatting
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