SimpleDateFormat pattern based on locale, but forcing a 4-digit year

Question

I need to build a date format like dd/MM/yyyy. It\'s almost like DateFormat.SHORT, but contains 4 year digits.

I try to implement it with

Answer 1

Can you not just use java.text.DateFormat class ?

DateFormat uk = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG, Locale.UK);
DateFormat us = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG, Locale.US);

Date now = new Date();
String usFormat = us.format(now);
String ukFormat = uk.format(now);

That should do what you want to do.