Date format in JAVA

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I want to print April as APR IN JAVA WHERE 4 comes as parameter to indicate April. what can i do?i tried the format 'MMM' but it prints 'Apr' in stead of 'APR'.

Ben J · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-30 05:28:26Z

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Use the String.toUpperCase() method.

answered Jun 30, 2010 at 5:28

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Jason · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-30 05:25:02Z

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why not just upper case your 'MMM' result ?

answered Jun 30, 2010 at 5:25

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Alban Soupper · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-30 05:41:07Z

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With the SimpleDateFormat class you cannot or use String.toUpperCase() (as said Ben J) in conjunction with the "MMM".

This makes sense if you work with dates but if you just work with numbers (ie: 4) you can build a complete switch statement on the number...

answered Jun 30, 2010 at 5:41

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JUST MY correct OPINION Over a year ago

I would recommend against the switch statement solution unless you are absolutely, positively, 100% certain that you will never ever have to cope with other languages in your app. And even then recommend against the switch solution. String.toUpperCase() is the right way to go.

Alban Soupper Over a year ago

Agree with you... The switch solution is a dirty solution but it's working ;)

Tushar Tarkas · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-30 06:09:46Z

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Use String.subString and then apply String.toUpperCase to get desired result.

answered Jun 30, 2010 at 6:09

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