Get date format given a locale

Hello All
if i have a Locale how can i extract date format attached to the Locale given?
Is there any api support . i do not want to use simpleDAteFormatter or such classes....
method should return date format eg "M/d/yyyy" for US local?
can any one help
thanks
prash

Primarily why do u not want to use the SimpleDateFormat class or related classes ? It would make formatting pretty easy, for e.g. i'm using the DateFormat class to give you a rouch indication of the formatting -
Date dt = new Date();
DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, Locale.US);
String formattedDate = df.format(dt);
System.out.println("Formatted date: " + formattedDate);

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