Formatting and Parsing a Locale-specific Date and Time

 
 // Format
 Locale locale = Locale.ITALIAN;
 Date date = new Date();
 String string = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(
   DateFormat.DEFAULT, 
     DateFormat.DEFAULT, locale).format(date);
     
 // Parse
 try {
     date = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(
         DateFormat.DEFAULT, 
           DateFormat.DEFAULT, locale).parse(
             "15-nov-98 1.45.12");
 } catch (ParseException e) {
 }