在 android 中本地化日期

Localizing dates in android

阅读德语 Date formatting based on user locale on android 的公认答案后,我测试了以下内容:

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    String dateOfBirth = "02/26/1974";
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
    Date date = null;
    try {
        date = sdf.parse(dateOfBirth);
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        // handle exception here !
    }
    // get localized date formats
    DateFormat dateFormat = android.text.format.DateFormat.getDateFormat(getApplicationContext());
    String s = dateFormat.format(date);
    dateTV.setText(s);
}

这里的 dateOfBirth 是英文日期。但是,如果我将 phone 的语言更改为德语,我会看到 02.26.1974。根据 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country,正确的本地化德语日期格式是 dd.mm.yyyy,所以我希望看到“26.02.1974”。

这引出了我的问题,有没有办法完全本地化日期,或者这是一个手动过程,我必须在我的应用程序中仔细检查日期、时间等?

    String dateOfBirth = "02/26/1974";
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
    Date date = null;
    try {
        date = sdf.parse(dateOfBirth);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        // handle exception here !
    }
    // get localized date formats
    Log.i(this,"sdf default: "+new SimpleDateFormat().format(date)); // using my phone locale
    DateFormat dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT, Locale.US);
    Log.i(this,"dateFormat US DEFAULT: "+dateFormat.format(date));
    dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT, Locale.GERMAN);
    Log.i(this,"dateFormat GERMAN DEFAULT: "+dateFormat.format(date));
    dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT, Locale.CHINESE);
    Log.i(this,"dateFormat CHINESE DEFAULT: "+dateFormat.format(date));
    dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, Locale.US);
    Log.i(this,"dateFormat US SHORT: "+dateFormat.format(date));
    dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, Locale.GERMAN);
    Log.i(this,"dateFormat GERMAN SHORT: "+dateFormat.format(date));
    dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, Locale.CHINESE);
    Log.i(this,"dateFormat CHINESE SHORT: "+dateFormat.format(date));

输出为:

 sdf default: 26.02.74 0:00
 dateFormat US DEFAULT: Feb 26, 1974
 dateFormat GERMAN DEFAULT: 26.02.1974
 dateFormat CHINESE DEFAULT: 1974-2-26
 dateFormat US SHORT: 2/26/74
 dateFormat GERMAN SHORT: 26.02.74
 dateFormat CHINESE SHORT: 74-2-26