The getDateFormatSymbols() Method of SimpleDateFormat class is used to return the copy of the date and time format symbols.
Syntax:
Java
Java
public DateFormatSymbols getDateFormatSymbols()Parameters: The method does not take any parameters. Return Value: The method returns a copy of the format symbols. Below programs illustrate the working of getDateFormatSymbols() Method of SimpleDateFormat: Example 1:
// Java code to illustrate
// getDateFormatSymbols() method
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
public class SimpleDateFormat_Demo {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Initializing the SDF
SimpleDateFormat SDFormat
= new SimpleDateFormat();
// Getting al DateFormatSymbols
DateFormatSymbols DFSymbol
= SDFormat.getDateFormatSymbols();
// Getting the months
String[] month = DFSymbol.getShortMonths();
System.out.println("The Months are: ");
for (int i = 0; i < month.length; i++) {
System.out.println(month[i] + " ");
}
}
}
Output:
Example 2:
The Months are: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
// Java code to illustrate
// getDateFormatSymbols() method
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
public class SimpleDateFormat_Demo {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Initializing the SDF
SimpleDateFormat SDFormat
= new SimpleDateFormat();
// Getting al DateFormatSymbols
DateFormatSymbols DFSymbol
= SDFormat.getDateFormatSymbols();
// Getting the weekdays
String[] days = DFSymbol.getWeekdays();
System.out.println("The days of the week are: ");
for (int i = 0; i < days.length; i++) {
System.out.println(days[i] + " ");
}
}
}
Output:
The days of the week are: Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday