Getting pattern string from java SimpleDateFormat

java simpledateformat
DLaw picture DLaw · May 3, 2010 · Viewed 25.6k times · Source

I have a SimpleDateFormat object that I retrieve from some internationalization utilities. Parsing dates is all fine and good, but I would like to be able show a formatting hint to my users like "MM/dd/yyyy". Is there a way to get the formatting pattern from a SimpleDateFormat object?

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skaffman picture skaffman · May 3, 2010

SimpleDateFormat.toPattern()

Returns a pattern string describing this date format.

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