I18n for custom date format strings

I want to internationalize dates shorter than DateFormat.SHORT, in the form "M/d". For example, when the Locale is US, January 16 should display as 1/16, but if the Locale is MX (Mexico), it should display as 16/1.
It seems like a very simple problem date formatting problem, but it doesn't look like the DateFormat/SimpleDateFormat classes have any way of doing this. Am I missing something?
--Steven

You need to apply your own customized date pattern to get the formats you want. I suggest you put the patterns in resource bundles...the default pattern in your default bundle, and the Mexican pattern in your bundle for Mexico. Then do something like this:
<pre>
<code>
String newPattern = "M/d"; // retrieve from bundle instead
Date today = new Date();
DateFormat df = DateFormat.getInstance();
SimpleDateFormat simpleFormat = (SimpleDateFormat)df;
simpleFormat.applyPattern(newPattern);
System.out.println(df.format(today);
</code>
</pre>

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