title: Joda-Time DateTime formatting based on locale
body: <p>I receive a string date from another system and I know the locale of that date (also available from the other system). I want to convert this String into a <a href="http://www.joda.org/joda-time/" rel="noreferrer">Joda-Time</a> <a href="http://www.joda.org/joda-time/apidocs/org/joda/time/DateTime.html" rel="noreferrer">DateTime</a> object without explicitly specifying the target pattern. </p>
  
  <p>So for example, I want to convert this String "09/29/2014" into a date object using the locale only and not by hard coding the date format to "mm/dd/yyyy". I cant hard code the format as this will vary depending on the local of the date I receive.    </p>