Convert a java.text.DateFormat instance to a strftime string?

I've got a DateFormat object that I would like to turn into a strftime s开发者_JAVA技巧tring so I can get consistent date formatting across multiple languages. Is there something in the SDK that I'm missing? If not, is this a feature of some 3rd-party lib that I can grab? Thanks.

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There is a strftime translator class in the Apache Tomcat project:

org.apache.catalina.util.Strftime

Hope that helps.