Java Format - Java SimpleDateFormat .getDateFormatSymbols ()

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Syntax

SimpleDateFormat.getDateFormatSymbols() has the following syntax.

public DateFormatSymbols getDateFormatSymbols()

Example

In the following code shows how to use SimpleDateFormat.getDateFormatSymbols() method.

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat();
    
    String date = formatter.format(new Date());
    System.out.println(formatter.getDateFormatSymbols().getLocalPatternChars());
    System.out.println("date = " + date);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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