How to format YearMonth and MonthDay depending on a Locale?

Question

Formatting a LocalDate in Java 8 using a specific Locale can be achieved like this:

DateTimeFormatter.ofLocalizedDate(FormatStyle.S         


        

Answer 1

You need to use DateTimeFormatter#ofPattern

For YearMonth

YearMonth source = YearMonth.now();
DateTimeFormatter english = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MMMM, yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
DateTimeFormatter german = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MMMM yyyy", Locale.GERMAN);

System.out.println(source.format(english));
System.out.println(source.format(german));

For MonthDay

MonthDay source = MonthDay.now();
DateTimeFormatter english = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MMMM dd", Locale.ENGLISH);
DateTimeFormatter german = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd. MMMM", Locale.GERMAN);

System.out.println(source.format(english));
System.out.println(source.format(german));