Question

I need to convert a Joda-Time DateTime into a String, in the following format:

Sat, 1 Jan 2011 00:00:00

I’m using this code:

DateTimeFormatter f = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("E, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss");
f.withLocale(Locale.US);
System.out.println(DateTime.now().toString(f));

My output is however:

wo, 20 jun. 2012 00:03:31

So the problems are:

• The output is in Dutch instead of English (‘wo’ for ‘wed’)
• The month has a period

How can I do this correctly?

Answer 1

DateTimeFormatter.withLocale returns a new DateTimeFormatter. So you need to do this:

f = f.withLocale(Locale.US);

Alternatively (equivalently):

DateTimeFormatter f = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("E, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss").withLocale(Locale.US);