How to get user-selected date format in Android?
In an application I'm currently developing I use the following, which I believe will do what you require
final String format = Settings.System.getString(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.DATE_FORMAT);if (TextUtils.isEmpty(format)) { dateFormat = android.text.format.DateFormat.getMediumDateFormat(getApplicationContext());} else { dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);}
The DateFormat.getDateFormat works as expected. It returns one of three possible formats:
MM/DD/YYYYDD/MM/YYYYYYYY/MM/DD
I'm not sure how you set your "Sat, 31 Dec 2011" format, but as far as I know stock Android allows to set only one of three mentioned formats (Settings -> Date and Time -> Select Date Format).
