Android DateFormat. Custom style (dd/MM/yyyy) in different locales

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I have to represent date in different locales.
Some locale standards should show as dd/MM/yyyy, some - MM/dd/yyyy.
I know that I can use DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT) to achieve result like I want, but not completely.

DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT) will formate date similar to dd/MM/yy, while I need dd/MM/yyyy (YEAR to show like 2016, not like 16).

Is there a way to achieve what I want?

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getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT)

returns shorter date

getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG)

returns longer format .

SHORT is completely numeric, such as 12.13.52 or 3:30pm
LONG is longer, such as January 12, 1952 or 3:30:32pm

You can also set the time zone on the format if you wish. If you want even more control over the format or parsing, (or want to give your users more control), you can try casting the DateFormat you get from the factory methods to a SimpleDateFormat. This will work for the majority of countries; just remember to put it in a try block in case you encounter an unusual one.

For more Reference

SimpleDateFormat and locale based format

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answered Dec 19 '16 at 10:57

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Have you read the question? `DateFormat.LONG` doesn't give what I need. i know how it works. – Vladyslav Matviienko Dec 19 '16 at 11:03
@VladMatvienko sorry , you can use `SimpleDateFormat` – IntelliJ Amiya Dec 19 '16 at 11:05
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I know how to use `SimpleDateFormat` as well. But it doesn't give what I want. What I want is the date `19/12/2016` for US Locale to be formatted as `12/19/2016`, according to US date rules – Vladyslav Matviienko Dec 19 '16 at 11:08
@VladMatvienko serious case . – IntelliJ Amiya Dec 19 '16 at 11:08
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Yes, and I thought that it is common case, and common problem, but it themes that there is no standard solution so far – Vladyslav Matviienko Dec 19 '16 at 11:11
@VladMatvienko indeed . seems like common issue .whats your java version ? – IntelliJ Amiya Dec 19 '16 at 11:13
Unfortunately it is only Java 7. I can't use Java 8 since have to legacy-support Android 2.3+ – Vladyslav Matviienko Dec 19 '16 at 11:14
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No so far. Discussing with the managers for an option to use `getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT)`. I don't think that there is any better solution for me – Vladyslav Matviienko Dec 20 '16 at 07:36

Android DateFormat. Custom style (dd/MM/yyyy) in different locales

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