Can't get a date

[Al Wells]

Luckily I am married...

I pretty much copied the following from the Java tutorial. I have tried
all kinds of imports to no avail. Why will the following not compile?

  
import java.util.*;
 
public class DateReporter {

Date today;
String addDate;
DateFormat dateFormatter;

public String getDate() {

dateFormatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, currentLocale);

today = new Date();
addDate = dateFormatter.format(today);

return addDate;
}//close method

}//close class

The compiler gives me the following:

C:\SMLocal\SMLogic>javac DateReporter.java
DateReporter.java:7: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DateFormat
location: class DateReporter
DateFormat dateFormatter;
^
DateReporter.java:13: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable DateFormat
location: class DateReporter
dateFormatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, currentLocale);
^
DateReporter.java:13: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable currentLocale
location: class DateReporter
dateFormatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, currentLocale);
^
DateReporter.java:13: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable DateFormat
location: class DateReporter
dateFormatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, currentLocale);
^
4 errors

[Al Wells]

Finally figured it out. Why does that happen after hours of thinking but
only after I post... In any event, here is what I did:

 
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;//added
 
public class DateReporter {

Date today;
String addDate;
DateFormat dateFormatter;

public String getDate(Locale currentLocale)//added {

dateFormatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, currentLocale);

today = new Date();
addDate = dateFormatter.format(today);

return addDate;
}//close method

}//close class
 

Now to test it.