Get Locale Specific Date

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;


public class LocaleDate {

 /**
  * @param args
  */
 public static void main(String[] args) {
   Locale americanLocale = new Locale("en", "US" );
      Locale germanLocale = new Locale("de", "DE");

      DateFormat americanFormat =
        DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, americanLocale);
      DateFormat germanFormat =
        DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, germanLocale);

      Date date = new Date();

      System.out.println(americanFormat.format(date));
      System.out.println(germanFormat.format(date)); 

 }

}