How do I get localized date pattern string?

Question

It is quite easy to format and parse Java Date (or Calendar) classes using instance of DateFormat, i.e. I could format current date into short localize date like this:

Answer 1

Im not sure about what you want, but...

SimpleDateFormat example:

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy");
Date date = sdf.parse("12/31/10");
String str = sdf.format(new Date());