Java SimpleDateFormat.toPattern()
Syntax
SimpleDateFormat.toPattern() has the following syntax.
public String toPattern()
Example
In the following code shows how to use SimpleDateFormat.toPattern() method.
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Locale;
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public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
SimpleDateFormat df = (SimpleDateFormat) DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);
System.out.println("The short date format is " + df.toPattern());
Locale loc = Locale.ITALY;
df = (SimpleDateFormat) DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, loc);
System.out.println("The short date format is " + df.toPattern());
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
