title: Java Date Format Helper Text Localized For UI
body: <p>Maybe I'm going about this all wrong but here goes...</p>
  
  <p>I'm trying to allow users of my Portlet app to input a date in whatever their localized format would normally be.  I plan to parse the string date using a SimpleDateFormat object based on the user's current Locale on the backend.</p>
  
  <p>I'm pretty sure that part will work (right?) but I'm confused on what the easiest way is to display the "helper" text that goes with the form field in the UI.</p>
  
  <p>E.g.<br>
  <code>Start Date (mm/dd/yyyy)</code><br>
  versus<br>
  <code>Start Date (dd/mm/yyyy)</code></p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to get that information from the localized formatter somehow that I'm missing?  The only other alternative I can think of at this point is to add that text to the property files for translation into each language but it just seems like that shouldn't be necessary.</p>
  
  <p>I guess even if I can get t</p>