Question

I want a SimpleDateFormat that will allow me to show dates in this way:

Lunes, 03/09/2012 a las 9:59 

(Lunes means Monday in spanish)

Is there a string I can use to build such a SimpleDateFormat or will I have to manipulate the Date manually?

Answer 1

Perhaps something like this?

    Locale locale = new Locale("es", "ES");
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, dd/MM/yyyy 'a las' HH:mm", locale);
    System.out.println(sdf.format(new Date()));

Result:

lunes, 03/09/2012 a las 10:26