The Java Internationalization API

By Carol A. Jones

Dr. Dobb's Journal January 1998

(a) 
Object[] arguments = {new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()), "myfile.java"};
String result = MessageFormat.format("{1} was modified at {0,time} 
                on {0,date}",arguments);
(b)
myfile.java was modified at 12:30 PM on Jul 23, 1997

Example 3: (a) generates (b).

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