Java SimpleDateFormat .setDateFormatSymbols (DateFormatSymbols newFormatSymbols)
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.
/*ww w .jav a 2s . c o m*/
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.
