James Herdman wrote: > Did you look at stftime? Perhaps you could provide a concrete example of > what you're trying to do? Chances are that it's already been done. > > James > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Venkat Akkineni < I am trying to translate an application from java to ruby. The actual application uses decimal formats to provide localization facilities. I have the code that I am trying to translate which I will attach with the post. char decimal = '.'; char grouping = ','; String formatOutput = null; String formatInternal = null; DecimalFormatSymbols dfs = new DecimalFormatSymbols(); dfs.setDecimalSeparator(decimal); dfs.setGroupingSeparator(grouping); DecimalFormatSymbols dfsEsp = new DecimalFormatSymbols(); dfsEsp.setDecimalSeparator('.'); dfsEsp.setGroupingSeparator(','); FormatCouple fc; fc = new FormatCouple(new DecimalFormat(formatOutput, dfs), new DecimalFormat(formatInternal, dfsEsp)); hasFormats.put(formatName, fc); Any help is appreciated. Thanks Venkat -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.