Date locale/us in jruby

gistfile1.rb

# jruby01.rb

require 'java'

java_import('java.util.Date') { |pkg, name| 'JDate' }
# To get the locales
java_import('java.util.Locale') { |pkg, name| 'JLocale'}
java_import('java.text.DateFormat')

# Get the date in local format
date = JDate.new
date_format = DateFormat.get_date_instance
date_locale = date_format .format date
puts date_locale

# Get the date in us format
date_format = DateFormat.get_date_instance(DateFormat::LONG, JLocale::US)
date_us = date_format .format date
puts date_us