Java Format - Java SimpleDateFormat .setDateFormatSymbols (DateFormatSymbols newFormatSymbols)

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Syntax

SimpleDateFormat.setDateFormatSymbols(DateFormatSymbols newFormatSymbols) has the following syntax.

public void setDateFormatSymbols(DateFormatSymbols newFormatSymbols)

Example

In the following code shows how to use SimpleDateFormat.setDateFormatSymbols(DateFormatSymbols newFormatSymbols) method.

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import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String s[]) {
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat();
    DateFormatSymbols dfs = sdf.getDateFormatSymbols();

    String era[] = { "BCE", "CE" };
    dfs.setEras(era);
    sdf.setDateFormatSymbols(dfs);

    sdf.applyPattern("MMMM d yyyy G");
    System.out.println(sdf.format(new Date()));
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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