DateFormat timestamp masks

I am writing a date generating routine based on the default DateFormat timestamp masks/time pattern Strings. This cycles through different Locales, and gives you the mask for each Locale for short, medium, long, and full format. For an API to an external script, I will need to hash the available Java timestamp masks vs. some predefined masks of my own.
My question is this. When I review the available Locales' timestamp masks, there are symbols I don't see listed in the documentation for SimpleDateFormat. For example, a.n.j. is one mask that is listed. There is no "j" symbol listed here:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html
Does anybody know where I can get a complete list of definitions for these time pattern symbols?
-Jeff

Are you using "toLocalizedPattern()" when you print the pattern Strings? toLocalizedPattern() returns the pattern String of DateFormat in a locale specific format... meaning if the locale is set to de.DE (Germany), toPattern will return dd.MM.yy (for SHORT), but toLocalizedPattern will return tt.MM.uu (tag for day and Uhr for year). Could this be what you are seeing?

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I really never got this to work properly and most of what follows is just my own rant caused by the annoyance of not getting this seemingly simple thing to work and are strictly my own theories not based on facts or actual knowledge of how Oracle or JDBC works, nor representing my employer in any way. Anyhow :-)
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