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Prevent java from localizing SimpleDateFormat output

Basically I want to format a Date object using a certain pattern and the output should be in English. How can I prevent java from translating the output to the system language?

String date = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd kk:mm:ss yyyy").format(myDate);
// output is in German:
// Mi Aug 26 16:35:55 2009
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SimpleDateFormat

is always localized, it doesn't make any sense.

However, you can tell Locale to use when creating it, eg.



SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(
   "EEE MMM dd kk:mm:ss yyyy", 
   Locale.ENGLISH
);
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