The getDateFormatSymbols() Method of SimpleDateFormat class is used to return the copy of the date and time format symbols.
Syntax:
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:
The Months are: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Example 2:
// 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
