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com.ibm.icu.text
Class DateFormat

java.lang.Object
  java.text.Format
      com.ibm.icu.text.UFormat
          com.ibm.icu.text.DateFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:: SimpleDateFormat

public abstract class DateFormat
extends UFormat
extends UFormat

[icu enhancement] ICU's replacement for java.text.DateFormat. Methods, fields, and other functionality specific to ICU are labeled '[icu]'.

DateFormat is an abstract class for date/time formatting subclasses which formats and parses dates or time in a language-independent manner. The date/time formatting subclass, such as SimpleDateFormat, allows for formatting (i.e., date -> text), parsing (text -> date), and normalization. The date is represented as a Date object or as the milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.

DateFormat provides many class methods for obtaining default date/time formatters based on the default or a given locale and a number of formatting styles. The formatting styles include FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, and SHORT. More detail and examples of using these styles are provided in the method descriptions.

DateFormat helps you to format and parse dates for any locale. Your code can be completely independent of the locale conventions for months, days of the week, or even the calendar format: lunar vs. solar.

To format a date for the current Locale, use one of the static factory methods:

  myString = DateFormat.getDateInstance().format(myDate);

If you are formatting multiple numbers, it is more efficient to get the format and use it multiple times so that the system doesn't have to fetch the information about the local language and country conventions multiple times.

  DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
  for (int i = 0; i < a.length; ++i) {
    output.println(df.format(myDate[i]) + "; ");
  }

To format a number for a different Locale, specify it in the call to getDateInstance().

  DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG, Locale.FRANCE);

You can use a DateFormat to parse also.

  myDate = df.parse(myString);

Use getDateInstance to get the normal date format for that country. There are other static factory methods available. Use getTimeInstance to get the time format for that country. Use getDateTimeInstance to get a date and time format. You can pass in different options to these factory methods to control the length of the result; from SHORT to MEDIUM to LONG to FULL. The exact result depends on the locale, but generally:

SHORT is completely numeric, such as 12.13.52 or 3:30pm
MEDIUM is longer, such as Jan 12, 1952
LONG is longer, such as January 12, 1952 or 3:30:32pm
FULL is pretty completely specified, such as Tuesday, April 12, 1952 AD or 3:30:42pm PST.

You can also set the time zone on the format if you wish. If you want even more control over the format or parsing, (or want to give your users more control), you can try casting the DateFormat you get from the factory methods to a SimpleDateFormat. This will work for the majority of countries; just remember to put it in a try block in case you encounter an unusual one.

You can also use forms of the parse and format methods with ParsePosition and FieldPosition to allow you to

progressively parse through pieces of a string.
align any particular field, or find out where it is for selection on the screen.

Synchronization

Date formats are not synchronized. It is recommended to create separate format instances for each thread. If multiple threads access a format concurrently, it must be synchronized externally.

Author:: Mark Davis, Chen-Lieh Huang, Alan Liu
See Also:: UFormat, NumberFormat, SimpleDateFormat, Calendar, GregorianCalendar, TimeZone, Serialized Form
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

Nested Class Summary
`static class`	`DateFormat.Field` The instances of this inner class are used as attribute keys and values in AttributedCharacterIterator that DateFormat.formatToCharacterIterator() method returns.

Field Summary
`static String`	`ABBR_MONTH` [icu] Constant for date pattern with abbreviated month.
`static String`	`ABBR_MONTH_DAY` [icu] Constant for date pattern with abbreviated month and day.
`static String`	`ABBR_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY` [icu] Constant for date pattern with abbreviated month, weekday, and day.
`static String`	`ABBR_STANDALONE_MONTH` [icu] Constant for date pattern with standalone abbreviated month.
`static int`	`AM_PM_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'a' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.AM_PM` field.
`protected Calendar`	`calendar` The calendar that `DateFormat` uses to produce the time field values needed to implement date and time formatting.
`static int`	`DATE_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'd' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.DATE` field.
`static String`	`DAY` [icu] Constant for date pattern with day.
`static int`	`DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'E' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK` field.
`static int`	`DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'F' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH` field.
`static int`	`DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'D' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR` field.
`static int`	`DEFAULT` Constant for default style pattern.
`static int`	`DOW_LOCAL_FIELD` [icu] FieldPosition selector for 'e' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.DOW_LOCAL` field.
`static int`	`ERA_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'G' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.ERA` field.
`static int`	`EXTENDED_YEAR_FIELD` [icu] FieldPosition selector for 'u' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.EXTENDED_YEAR` field.
`static int`	`FIELD_COUNT` [icu] Number of FieldPosition selectors for DateFormat.
`static int`	`FRACTIONAL_SECOND_FIELD` [icu] FieldPosition selector for 'S' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.MILLISECOND` field.
`static int`	`FULL` Constant for full style pattern.
`static String`	`HOUR` [icu] Constant for date pattern with hour.
`static String`	`HOUR_GENERIC_TZ` [icu] Constant for date pattern with hour and generic timezone.
`static String`	`HOUR_MINUTE` [icu] Constant for date pattern with hour and minute.
`static String`	`HOUR_MINUTE_GENERIC_TZ` [icu] Constant for date pattern with hour, minute, and generic timezone.
`static String`	`HOUR_MINUTE_SECOND` [icu] Constant for date pattern with hour, minute, and second.
`static String`	`HOUR_MINUTE_TZ` [icu] Constant for date pattern with hour, minute, and timezone.
`static int`	`HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'H' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY` field.
`static int`	`HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'k' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY` field.
`static String`	`HOUR_TZ` [icu] Constant for date pattern with hour and timezone.
`static int`	`HOUR0_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'K' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.HOUR` field.
`static int`	`HOUR1_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'h' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.HOUR` field.
`static String`	`HOUR24_MINUTE` [icu] Constant for date pattern with hour and minute in 24-hour presentation.
`static String`	`HOUR24_MINUTE_SECOND` [icu] Constant for date pattern with hour, minute, and second in 24-hour presentation.
`static int`	`JULIAN_DAY_FIELD` [icu] FieldPosition selector for 'g' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.JULIAN_DAY` field.
`static int`	`LONG` Constant for long style pattern.
`static int`	`MEDIUM` Constant for medium style pattern.
`static int`	`MILLISECOND_FIELD` Deprecated. ICU 3.0 use FRACTIONAL_SECOND_FIELD.
`static int`	`MILLISECONDS_IN_DAY_FIELD` [icu] FieldPosition selector for 'A' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.MILLISECONDS_IN_DAY` field.
`static int`	`MINUTE_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'm' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.MINUTE` field.
`static String`	`MINUTE_SECOND` [icu] Constant for date pattern with minute and second.
`static String`	`MONTH` [icu] Constant for date pattern with month.
`static String`	`MONTH_DAY` [icu] Constant for date pattern having month and day.
`static int`	`MONTH_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'M' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.MONTH` field.
`static String`	`MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY` [icu] Constant for date pattern with month, weekday, and day.
`static int`	`NONE` [icu] Constant for empty style pattern.
`static String`	`NUM_MONTH` [icu] Constant for date pattern with numeric month.
`static String`	`NUM_MONTH_DAY` [icu] Constant for date pattern with numeric month and day.
`static String`	`NUM_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY` [icu] Constant for date pattern with numeric month, weekday, and day.
`protected NumberFormat`	`numberFormat` The number formatter that `DateFormat` uses to format numbers in dates and times.
`static int`	`QUARTER_FIELD` [icu] FieldPosition selector for 'Q' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.MONTH` field.
`static int`	`RELATIVE` [icu] Constant for relative style mask.
`static int`	`RELATIVE_DEFAULT` [icu] Constant for relative default style pattern.
`static int`	`RELATIVE_FULL` [icu] Constant for relative full style pattern.
`static int`	`RELATIVE_LONG` [icu] Constant for relative style pattern.
`static int`	`RELATIVE_MEDIUM` [icu] Constant for relative style pattern.
`static int`	`RELATIVE_SHORT` [icu] Constant for relative style pattern.
`static int`	`SECOND_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 's' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.SECOND` field.
`static int`	`SHORT` Constant for short style pattern.
`static int`	`STANDALONE_DAY_FIELD` [icu] FieldPosition selector for 'c' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK` field.
`static String`	`STANDALONE_MONTH` [icu] Constant for date pattern with standalone month.
`static int`	`STANDALONE_MONTH_FIELD` [icu] FieldPosition selector for 'L' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.MONTH` field.
`static int`	`STANDALONE_QUARTER_FIELD` [icu] FieldPosition selector for 'q' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.MONTH` field.
`static int`	`TIMEZONE_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'z' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET` and `Calendar.DST_OFFSET` fields.
`static int`	`TIMEZONE_GENERIC_FIELD` [icu] FieldPosition selector for 'v' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET` and `Calendar.DST_OFFSET` fields.
`static int`	`TIMEZONE_RFC_FIELD` [icu] FieldPosition selector for 'Z' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET` and `Calendar.DST_OFFSET` fields.
`static int`	`TIMEZONE_SPECIAL_FIELD` [icu] FieldPosition selector for 'V' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET` and `Calendar.DST_OFFSET` fields.
`static int`	`WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'W' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.WEEK_OF_MONTH` field.
`static int`	`WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'w' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.WEEK_OF_YEAR` field.
`static String`	`YEAR` [icu] Constant for date pattern with year.
`static String`	`YEAR_ABBR_MONTH` [icu] Constant for date pattern with year and abbreviated month.
`static String`	`YEAR_ABBR_MONTH_DAY` [icu] Constant for date pattern with year, abbreviated month, and day.
`static String`	`YEAR_ABBR_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY` [icu] Constant for date pattern with year, abbreviated month, weekday, and day.
`static String`	`YEAR_ABBR_QUARTER` [icu] Constant for date pattern with year and abbreviated quarter.
`static int`	`YEAR_FIELD` FieldPosition selector for 'y' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.YEAR` field.
`static String`	`YEAR_MONTH` [icu] Constant for date pattern with year and month.
`static String`	`YEAR_MONTH_DAY` [icu] Constant for date pattern with year, month, and day.
`static String`	`YEAR_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY` [icu] Constant for date pattern with year, month, weekday, and day.
`static String`	`YEAR_NUM_MONTH` [icu] Constant for date pattern with year and numeric month.
`static String`	`YEAR_NUM_MONTH_DAY` [icu] Constant for date pattern with year, numeric month, and day.
`static String`	`YEAR_NUM_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY` [icu] Constant for date pattern with year, numeric month, weekday, and day.
`static String`	`YEAR_QUARTER` [icu] Constant for date pattern with year and quarter.
`static int`	`YEAR_WOY_FIELD` [icu] FieldPosition selector for 'Y' field alignment, corresponding to the `Calendar.YEAR_WOY` field.

Constructor Summary
`protected`	`DateFormat()` Creates a new date format.

Method Summary
`Object`	`clone()` Overrides clone.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Overrides equals.
`abstract StringBuffer`	`format(Calendar cal, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition fieldPosition)` Formats a date into a date/time string.
`String`	`format(Date date)` Formats a Date into a date/time string.
`StringBuffer`	`format(Date date, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition fieldPosition)` Formats a Date into a date/time string.
`StringBuffer`	`format(Object obj, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition fieldPosition)` Formats a time object into a time string.
`static Locale[]`	`getAvailableLocales()` Returns the set of locales for which DateFormats are installed.
`static ULocale[]`	`getAvailableULocales()` [icu] Returns the set of locales for which DateFormats are installed.
`Calendar`	`getCalendar()` Returns the calendar associated with this date/time formatter.
`static DateFormat`	`getDateInstance()` Returns the date formatter with the default formatting style for the default locale.
`static DateFormat`	`getDateInstance(Calendar cal, int dateStyle)` Convenience overload.
`static DateFormat`	`getDateInstance(Calendar cal, int dateStyle, Locale locale)` Creates a `DateFormat` object that can be used to format dates in the calendar system specified by `cal`.
`static DateFormat`	`getDateInstance(Calendar cal, int dateStyle, ULocale locale)` Creates a `DateFormat` object that can be used to format dates in the calendar system specified by `cal`.
`static DateFormat`	`getDateInstance(int style)` Returns the date formatter with the given formatting style for the default locale.
`static DateFormat`	`getDateInstance(int style, Locale aLocale)` Returns the date formatter with the given formatting style for the given locale.
`static DateFormat`	`getDateInstance(int style, ULocale locale)` Returns the date formatter with the given formatting style for the given locale.
`static DateFormat`	`getDateTimeInstance()` Returns the date/time formatter with the default formatting style for the default locale.
`static DateFormat`	`getDateTimeInstance(Calendar cal, int dateStyle, int timeStyle)` Convenience overload.
`static DateFormat`	`getDateTimeInstance(Calendar cal, int dateStyle, int timeStyle, Locale locale)` Creates a `DateFormat` object that can be used to format dates and times in the calendar system specified by `cal`.
`static DateFormat`	`getDateTimeInstance(Calendar cal, int dateStyle, int timeStyle, ULocale locale)` Creates a `DateFormat` object that can be used to format dates and times in the calendar system specified by `cal`.
`static DateFormat`	`getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle)` Returns the date/time formatter with the given date and time formatting styles for the default locale.
`static DateFormat`	`getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle, Locale aLocale)` Returns the date/time formatter with the given formatting styles for the given locale.
`static DateFormat`	`getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle, ULocale locale)` Returns the date/time formatter with the given formatting styles for the given locale.
`static DateFormat`	`getInstance()` Returns a default date/time formatter that uses the SHORT style for both the date and the time.
`static DateFormat`	`getInstance(Calendar cal)` Convenience overload.
`static DateFormat`	`getInstance(Calendar cal, Locale locale)` Convenience overload.
`static DateFormat`	`getInstance(Calendar cal, ULocale locale)` Convenience overload.
`NumberFormat`	`getNumberFormat()` Returns the number formatter which this date/time formatter uses to format and parse a time.
`static DateFormat`	`getPatternInstance(Calendar cal, String pattern, Locale locale)` [icu] Convenience overload.
`static DateFormat`	`getPatternInstance(Calendar cal, String pattern, ULocale locale)` [icu] Creates a `DateFormat` object that can be used to format dates and times in the calendar system specified by `cal`.
`static DateFormat`	`getPatternInstance(String pattern)` [icu] Convenience overload.
`static DateFormat`	`getPatternInstance(String pattern, Locale locale)` [icu] Convenience overload.
`static DateFormat`	`getPatternInstance(String pattern, ULocale locale)` [icu] Returns a `DateFormat` object that can be used to format dates and times in the given locale.
`static DateFormat`	`getTimeInstance()` Gets the time formatter with the default formatting style for the default locale.
`static DateFormat`	`getTimeInstance(Calendar cal, int timeStyle)` Convenience overload.
`static DateFormat`	`getTimeInstance(Calendar cal, int timeStyle, Locale locale)` Creates a `DateFormat` object that can be used to format times in the calendar system specified by `cal`.
`static DateFormat`	`getTimeInstance(Calendar cal, int timeStyle, ULocale locale)` Creates a `DateFormat` object that can be used to format times in the calendar system specified by `cal`.
`static DateFormat`	`getTimeInstance(int style)` Returns the time formatter with the given formatting style for the default locale.
`static DateFormat`	`getTimeInstance(int style, Locale aLocale)` Returns the time formatter with the given formatting style for the given locale.
`static DateFormat`	`getTimeInstance(int style, ULocale locale)` Returns the time formatter with the given formatting style for the given locale.
`TimeZone`	`getTimeZone()` Returns the time zone.
`int`	`hashCode()` Overrides hashCode.
`boolean`	`isLenient()` Returns whether date/time parsing is lenient.
`Date`	`parse(String text)` Parses a date/time string.
`abstract void`	`parse(String text, Calendar cal, ParsePosition pos)` Parses a date/time string according to the given parse position.
`Date`	`parse(String text, ParsePosition pos)` Parses a date/time string according to the given parse position.
`Object`	`parseObject(String source, ParsePosition pos)` Parses a date/time string into an Object.
`void`	`setCalendar(Calendar newCalendar)` Sets the calendar to be used by this date format.
`void`	`setLenient(boolean lenient)` Specifies whether date/time parsing is to be lenient.
`void`	`setNumberFormat(NumberFormat newNumberFormat)` Sets the number formatter.
`void`	`setTimeZone(TimeZone zone)` Sets the time zone for the calendar of this DateFormat object.

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.icu.text.UFormat
`getLocale`

Methods inherited from class java.text.Format
`format, formatToCharacterIterator, parseObject`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

calendar

protected Calendar calendar

The calendar that DateFormat uses to produce the time field values needed to implement date and time formatting. Subclasses should initialize this to a calendar appropriate for the locale associated with this DateFormat.

Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

numberFormat

protected NumberFormat numberFormat

The number formatter that DateFormat uses to format numbers in dates and times. Subclasses should initialize this to a number format appropriate for the locale associated with this DateFormat.

Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

ERA_FIELD

public static final int ERA_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'G' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.ERA field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

YEAR_FIELD

public static final int YEAR_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'y' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.YEAR field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

MONTH_FIELD

public static final int MONTH_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'M' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.MONTH field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

DATE_FIELD

public static final int DATE_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'd' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.DATE field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD

public static final int HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'k' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY field. HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD is used for the one-based 24-hour clock. For example, 23:59 + 01:00 results in 24:59.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD

public static final int HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'H' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY field. HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD is used for the zero-based 24-hour clock. For example, 23:59 + 01:00 results in 00:59.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

MINUTE_FIELD

public static final int MINUTE_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'm' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.MINUTE field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

SECOND_FIELD

public static final int SECOND_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 's' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.SECOND field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

FRACTIONAL_SECOND_FIELD

public static final int FRACTIONAL_SECOND_FIELD

[icu] FieldPosition selector for 'S' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.MILLISECOND field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.0.

MILLISECOND_FIELD

public static final int MILLISECOND_FIELD

Deprecated. ICU 3.0 use FRACTIONAL_SECOND_FIELD.

Alias for FRACTIONAL_SECOND_FIELD.

See Also:: Constant Field Values

DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD

public static final int DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'E' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD

public static final int DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'D' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD

public static final int DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'F' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD

public static final int WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'w' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.WEEK_OF_YEAR field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD

public static final int WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'W' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.WEEK_OF_MONTH field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

AM_PM_FIELD

public static final int AM_PM_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'a' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.AM_PM field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

HOUR1_FIELD

public static final int HOUR1_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'h' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.HOUR field. HOUR1_FIELD is used for the one-based 12-hour clock. For example, 11:30 PM + 1 hour results in 12:30 AM.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

HOUR0_FIELD

public static final int HOUR0_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'K' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.HOUR field. HOUR0_FIELD is used for the zero-based 12-hour clock. For example, 11:30 PM + 1 hour results in 00:30 AM.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

TIMEZONE_FIELD

public static final int TIMEZONE_FIELD

FieldPosition selector for 'z' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET and Calendar.DST_OFFSET fields.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

YEAR_WOY_FIELD

public static final int YEAR_WOY_FIELD

[icu] FieldPosition selector for 'Y' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.YEAR_WOY field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.0.

DOW_LOCAL_FIELD

public static final int DOW_LOCAL_FIELD

[icu] FieldPosition selector for 'e' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.DOW_LOCAL field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.0.

EXTENDED_YEAR_FIELD

public static final int EXTENDED_YEAR_FIELD

[icu] FieldPosition selector for 'u' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.EXTENDED_YEAR field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.0.

JULIAN_DAY_FIELD

public static final int JULIAN_DAY_FIELD

[icu] FieldPosition selector for 'g' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.JULIAN_DAY field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.0.

MILLISECONDS_IN_DAY_FIELD

public static final int MILLISECONDS_IN_DAY_FIELD

[icu] FieldPosition selector for 'A' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.MILLISECONDS_IN_DAY field.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.0.

TIMEZONE_RFC_FIELD

public static final int TIMEZONE_RFC_FIELD

[icu] FieldPosition selector for 'Z' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET and Calendar.DST_OFFSET fields.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.0.

TIMEZONE_GENERIC_FIELD

public static final int TIMEZONE_GENERIC_FIELD

[icu] FieldPosition selector for 'v' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET and Calendar.DST_OFFSET fields. This displays the generic zone name, if available.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.4.

STANDALONE_DAY_FIELD

public static final int STANDALONE_DAY_FIELD

[icu] FieldPosition selector for 'c' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK field. This displays the stand alone day name, if available.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.4.

STANDALONE_MONTH_FIELD

public static final int STANDALONE_MONTH_FIELD

[icu] FieldPosition selector for 'L' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.MONTH field. This displays the stand alone month name, if available.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.4.

QUARTER_FIELD

public static final int QUARTER_FIELD

[icu] FieldPosition selector for 'Q' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.MONTH field. This displays the quarter.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.6.

STANDALONE_QUARTER_FIELD

public static final int STANDALONE_QUARTER_FIELD

[icu] FieldPosition selector for 'q' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.MONTH field. This displays the stand alone quarter, if available.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.6.

TIMEZONE_SPECIAL_FIELD

public static final int TIMEZONE_SPECIAL_FIELD

[icu] FieldPosition selector for 'V' field alignment, corresponding to the Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET and Calendar.DST_OFFSET fields. This displays the fallback timezone name when VVVV is specified, and the short standard or daylight timezone name ignoring commonlyUsed when a single V is specified.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.8.

FIELD_COUNT

public static final int FIELD_COUNT

[icu] Number of FieldPosition selectors for DateFormat. Valid selectors range from 0 to FIELD_COUNT-1.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.0.

NONE

public static final int NONE

[icu] Constant for empty style pattern.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.8.

FULL

public static final int FULL

Constant for full style pattern.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

LONG

public static final int LONG

Constant for long style pattern.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

MEDIUM

public static final int MEDIUM

Constant for medium style pattern.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

SHORT

public static final int SHORT

Constant for short style pattern.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

DEFAULT

public static final int DEFAULT

Constant for default style pattern. Its value is MEDIUM.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

RELATIVE

public static final int RELATIVE

[icu] Constant for relative style mask.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.8.

RELATIVE_FULL

public static final int RELATIVE_FULL

[icu] Constant for relative full style pattern.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.8.

RELATIVE_LONG

public static final int RELATIVE_LONG

[icu] Constant for relative style pattern.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.8.

RELATIVE_MEDIUM

public static final int RELATIVE_MEDIUM

[icu] Constant for relative style pattern.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.8.

RELATIVE_SHORT

public static final int RELATIVE_SHORT

[icu] Constant for relative style pattern.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.8.

RELATIVE_DEFAULT

public static final int RELATIVE_DEFAULT

[icu] Constant for relative default style pattern.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 3.8.

MINUTE_SECOND

public static final String MINUTE_SECOND

[icu] Constant for date pattern with minute and second.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

HOUR24_MINUTE

public static final String HOUR24_MINUTE

[icu] Constant for date pattern with hour and minute in 24-hour presentation.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

HOUR24_MINUTE_SECOND

public static final String HOUR24_MINUTE_SECOND

[icu] Constant for date pattern with hour, minute, and second in 24-hour presentation.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

HOUR_MINUTE_SECOND

public static final String HOUR_MINUTE_SECOND

[icu] Constant for date pattern with hour, minute, and second.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

STANDALONE_MONTH

public static final String STANDALONE_MONTH

[icu] Constant for date pattern with standalone month.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

ABBR_STANDALONE_MONTH

public static final String ABBR_STANDALONE_MONTH

[icu] Constant for date pattern with standalone abbreviated month.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

YEAR_QUARTER

public static final String YEAR_QUARTER

[icu] Constant for date pattern with year and quarter.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

YEAR_ABBR_QUARTER

public static final String YEAR_ABBR_QUARTER

[icu] Constant for date pattern with year and abbreviated quarter.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

HOUR_MINUTE

public static final String HOUR_MINUTE

[icu] Constant for date pattern with hour and minute.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

YEAR

public static final String YEAR

[icu] Constant for date pattern with year.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

DAY

public static final String DAY

[icu] Constant for date pattern with day.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

NUM_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

public static final String NUM_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

[icu] Constant for date pattern with numeric month, weekday, and day.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

YEAR_NUM_MONTH

public static final String YEAR_NUM_MONTH

[icu] Constant for date pattern with year and numeric month.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

NUM_MONTH_DAY

public static final String NUM_MONTH_DAY

[icu] Constant for date pattern with numeric month and day.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

YEAR_NUM_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

public static final String YEAR_NUM_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

[icu] Constant for date pattern with year, numeric month, weekday, and day.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

ABBR_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

public static final String ABBR_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

[icu] Constant for date pattern with abbreviated month, weekday, and day.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

YEAR_MONTH

public static final String YEAR_MONTH

[icu] Constant for date pattern with year and month.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

YEAR_ABBR_MONTH

public static final String YEAR_ABBR_MONTH

[icu] Constant for date pattern with year and abbreviated month.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

MONTH_DAY

public static final String MONTH_DAY

[icu] Constant for date pattern having month and day.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

ABBR_MONTH_DAY

public static final String ABBR_MONTH_DAY

[icu] Constant for date pattern with abbreviated month and day.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

public static final String MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

[icu] Constant for date pattern with month, weekday, and day.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

YEAR_ABBR_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

public static final String YEAR_ABBR_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

[icu] Constant for date pattern with year, abbreviated month, weekday, and day.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

YEAR_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

public static final String YEAR_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

[icu] Constant for date pattern with year, month, weekday, and day.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

YEAR_MONTH_DAY

public static final String YEAR_MONTH_DAY

[icu] Constant for date pattern with year, month, and day.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

YEAR_ABBR_MONTH_DAY

public static final String YEAR_ABBR_MONTH_DAY

[icu] Constant for date pattern with year, abbreviated month, and day.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

YEAR_NUM_MONTH_DAY

public static final String YEAR_NUM_MONTH_DAY

[icu] Constant for date pattern with year, numeric month, and day.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

NUM_MONTH

public static final String NUM_MONTH

[icu] Constant for date pattern with numeric month.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

ABBR_MONTH

public static final String ABBR_MONTH

[icu] Constant for date pattern with abbreviated month.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

MONTH

public static final String MONTH

[icu] Constant for date pattern with month.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

HOUR_MINUTE_GENERIC_TZ

public static final String HOUR_MINUTE_GENERIC_TZ

[icu] Constant for date pattern with hour, minute, and generic timezone.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

HOUR_MINUTE_TZ

public static final String HOUR_MINUTE_TZ

[icu] Constant for date pattern with hour, minute, and timezone.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

HOUR

public static final String HOUR

[icu] Constant for date pattern with hour.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

HOUR_GENERIC_TZ

public static final String HOUR_GENERIC_TZ

[icu] Constant for date pattern with hour and generic timezone.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

HOUR_TZ

public static final String HOUR_TZ

[icu] Constant for date pattern with hour and timezone.

See Also:: Constant Field Values
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

Constructor Detail

DateFormat

protected DateFormat()

Creates a new date format.

Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

Method Detail

format

public final StringBuffer format(Object obj,
                                 StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                                 FieldPosition fieldPosition)

Formats a time object into a time string. Examples of time objects are a time value expressed in milliseconds and a Date object.

Specified by:: format in class Format

Parameters:: obj - must be a Number or a Date or a Calendar.; toAppendTo - the string buffer for the returning time string.; fieldPosition - keeps track of the position of the field within the returned string. On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field. For example, given a time text "1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 PDT", if the given fieldPosition is DateFormat.YEAR_FIELD, the begin index and end index of fieldPosition will be set to 0 and 4, respectively. Notice that if the same time field appears more than once in a pattern, the fieldPosition will be set for the first occurrence of that time field. For instance, formatting a Date to the time string "1 PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)" using the pattern "h a z (zzzz)" and the alignment field DateFormat.TIMEZONE_FIELD, the begin index and end index of fieldPosition will be set to 5 and 8, respectively, for the first occurrence of the timezone pattern character 'z'.
Returns:: the formatted time string.
See Also:: Format
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

format

public abstract StringBuffer format(Calendar cal,
                                    StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                                    FieldPosition fieldPosition)

Formats a date into a date/time string.

Parameters:: cal - a Calendar set to the date and time to be formatted into a date/time string. When the calendar type is different from the internal calendar held by this DateFormat instance, the date and the time zone will be inherited from the input calendar, but other calendar field values will be calculated by the internal calendar.; toAppendTo - the string buffer for the returning date/time string.; fieldPosition - keeps track of the position of the field within the returned string. On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field. For example, given a time text "1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 PDT", if the given fieldPosition is DateFormat.YEAR_FIELD, the begin index and end index of fieldPosition will be set to 0 and 4, respectively. Notice that if the same time field appears more than once in a pattern, the fieldPosition will be set for the first occurrence of that time field. For instance, formatting a Date to the time string "1 PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)" using the pattern "h a z (zzzz)" and the alignment field DateFormat.TIMEZONE_FIELD, the begin index and end index of fieldPosition will be set to 5 and 8, respectively, for the first occurrence of the timezone pattern character 'z'.
Returns:: the formatted date/time string.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

format

public StringBuffer format(Date date,
                           StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                           FieldPosition fieldPosition)

Formats a Date into a date/time string.

Parameters:: date - a Date to be formatted into a date/time string.; toAppendTo - the string buffer for the returning date/time string.; fieldPosition - keeps track of the position of the field within the returned string. On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field. For example, given a time text "1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 PDT", if the given fieldPosition is DateFormat.YEAR_FIELD, the begin index and end index of fieldPosition will be set to 0 and 4, respectively. Notice that if the same time field appears more than once in a pattern, the fieldPosition will be set for the first occurrence of that time field. For instance, formatting a Date to the time string "1 PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)" using the pattern "h a z (zzzz)" and the alignment field DateFormat.TIMEZONE_FIELD, the begin index and end index of fieldPosition will be set to 5 and 8, respectively, for the first occurrence of the timezone pattern character 'z'.
Returns:: the formatted date/time string.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

format

public final String format(Date date)

Formats a Date into a date/time string.

Parameters:: date - the time value to be formatted into a time string.
Returns:: the formatted time string.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

parse

public Date parse(String text)
           throws ParseException

Parses a date/time string.

Parameters:: text - The date/time string to be parsed
Returns:: A Date, or null if the input could not be parsed
Throws:: ParseException - If the given string cannot be parsed as a date.
See Also:: parse(String, ParsePosition)
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

parse

public abstract void parse(String text,
                           Calendar cal,
                           ParsePosition pos)

Parses a date/time string according to the given parse position. For example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT" will be parsed into a Calendar that is equivalent to Date(837039928046). The caller should clear the calendar before calling this method, unless existing field information is to be kept.

By default, parsing is lenient: If the input is not in the form used by this object's format method but can still be parsed as a date, then the parse succeeds. Clients may insist on strict adherence to the format by calling setLenient(false).

Parameters:: text - The date/time string to be parsed; cal - The calendar into which parsed data will be stored. In general, this should be cleared before calling this method. If this parse fails, the calendar may still have been modified. When the calendar type is different from the internal calendar held by this DateFormat instance, calendar field values will be parsed based on the internal calendar initialized with the time and the time zone taken from this calendar, then the parse result (time in milliseconds and time zone) will be set back to this calendar.; pos - On input, the position at which to start parsing; on output, the position at which parsing terminated, or the start position if the parse failed.
See Also:: setLenient(boolean)
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

parse

public Date parse(String text,
                  ParsePosition pos)

Parses a date/time string according to the given parse position. For example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT" will be parsed into a Date that is equivalent to Date(837039928046).

Parameters:: text - The date/time string to be parsed; pos - On input, the position at which to start parsing; on output, the position at which parsing terminated, or the start position if the parse failed.
Returns:: A Date, or null if the input could not be parsed
See Also:: setLenient(boolean)
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

parseObject

public Object parseObject(String source,
                          ParsePosition pos)

Parses a date/time string into an Object. This convenience method simply calls parse(String, ParsePosition).

Specified by:: parseObject in class Format

See Also:: parse(String, ParsePosition)
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getTimeInstance

public static final DateFormat getTimeInstance()

Gets the time formatter with the default formatting style for the default locale.

Returns:: a time formatter.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getTimeInstance

public static final DateFormat getTimeInstance(int style)

Returns the time formatter with the given formatting style for the default locale.

Parameters:: style - the given formatting style. For example, SHORT for "h:mm a" in the US locale.
Returns:: a time formatter.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getTimeInstance

public static final DateFormat getTimeInstance(int style,
                                               Locale aLocale)

Returns the time formatter with the given formatting style for the given locale.

Parameters:: style - the given formatting style. For example, SHORT for "h:mm a" in the US locale.; aLocale - the given locale.
Returns:: a time formatter.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getTimeInstance

public static final DateFormat getTimeInstance(int style,
                                               ULocale locale)

Returns the time formatter with the given formatting style for the given locale.

Parameters:: style - the given formatting style. For example, SHORT for "h:mm a" in the US locale.; locale - the given ulocale.
Returns:: a time formatter.
Status:: Stable ICU 3.2.

getDateInstance

public static final DateFormat getDateInstance()

Returns the date formatter with the default formatting style for the default locale.

Returns:: a date formatter.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getDateInstance

public static final DateFormat getDateInstance(int style)

Returns the date formatter with the given formatting style for the default locale.

Parameters:: style - the given formatting style. For example, SHORT for "M/d/yy" in the US locale.
Returns:: a date formatter.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getDateInstance

public static final DateFormat getDateInstance(int style,
                                               Locale aLocale)

Returns the date formatter with the given formatting style for the given locale.

Parameters:: style - the given formatting style. For example, SHORT for "M/d/yy" in the US locale.; aLocale - the given locale.
Returns:: a date formatter.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getDateInstance

public static final DateFormat getDateInstance(int style,
                                               ULocale locale)

Returns the date formatter with the given formatting style for the given locale.

Parameters:: style - the given formatting style. For example, SHORT for "M/d/yy" in the US locale.; locale - the given ulocale.
Returns:: a date formatter.
Status:: Stable ICU 3.2.

getDateTimeInstance

public static final DateFormat getDateTimeInstance()

Returns the date/time formatter with the default formatting style for the default locale.

Returns:: a date/time formatter.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getDateTimeInstance

public static final DateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle,
                                                   int timeStyle)

Returns the date/time formatter with the given date and time formatting styles for the default locale.

Parameters:: dateStyle - the given date formatting style. For example, SHORT for "M/d/yy" in the US locale.; timeStyle - the given time formatting style. For example, SHORT for "h:mm a" in the US locale.
Returns:: a date/time formatter.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getDateTimeInstance

public static final DateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle,
                                                   int timeStyle,
                                                   Locale aLocale)

Returns the date/time formatter with the given formatting styles for the given locale.

Parameters:: dateStyle - the given date formatting style.; timeStyle - the given time formatting style.; aLocale - the given locale.
Returns:: a date/time formatter.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getDateTimeInstance

public static final DateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle,
                                                   int timeStyle,
                                                   ULocale locale)

Returns the date/time formatter with the given formatting styles for the given locale.

Parameters:: dateStyle - the given date formatting style.; timeStyle - the given time formatting style.; locale - the given ulocale.
Returns:: a date/time formatter.
Status:: Stable ICU 3.2.

getInstance

public static final DateFormat getInstance()

Returns a default date/time formatter that uses the SHORT style for both the date and the time.

Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getAvailableLocales

public static Locale[] getAvailableLocales()

Returns the set of locales for which DateFormats are installed.

Returns:: the set of locales for which DateFormats are installed.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getAvailableULocales

public static ULocale[] getAvailableULocales()

[icu] Returns the set of locales for which DateFormats are installed.

Returns:: the set of locales for which DateFormats are installed.
Status:: Draft ICU 3.2 (retain).

setCalendar

public void setCalendar(Calendar newCalendar)

Sets the calendar to be used by this date format. Initially, the default calendar for the specified or default locale is used.

Parameters:: newCalendar - the new Calendar to be used by the date format
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getCalendar

public Calendar getCalendar()

Returns the calendar associated with this date/time formatter.

Returns:: the calendar associated with this date/time formatter.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

setNumberFormat

public void setNumberFormat(NumberFormat newNumberFormat)

Sets the number formatter.

Parameters:: newNumberFormat - the given new NumberFormat.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getNumberFormat

public NumberFormat getNumberFormat()

Returns the number formatter which this date/time formatter uses to format and parse a time.

Returns:: the number formatter which this date/time formatter uses.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

setTimeZone

public void setTimeZone(TimeZone zone)

Sets the time zone for the calendar of this DateFormat object.

Parameters:: zone - the given new time zone.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getTimeZone

public TimeZone getTimeZone()

Returns the time zone.

Returns:: the time zone associated with the calendar of DateFormat.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

setLenient

public void setLenient(boolean lenient)

Specifies whether date/time parsing is to be lenient. With lenient parsing, the parser may use heuristics to interpret inputs that do not precisely match this object's format. With strict parsing, inputs must match this object's format.

Parameters:: lenient - when true, parsing is lenient
See Also:: Calendar.setLenient(boolean)
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

isLenient

public boolean isLenient()

Returns whether date/time parsing is lenient.

Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides hashCode.

Overrides:: hashCode in class Object

Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides equals.

Overrides:: equals in class Object

Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

clone

public Object clone()

Overrides clone.

Overrides:: clone in class Format

Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getDateInstance

public static final DateFormat getDateInstance(Calendar cal,
                                               int dateStyle,
                                               Locale locale)

Creates a DateFormat object that can be used to format dates in the calendar system specified by cal.

Parameters:: cal - The calendar system for which a date format is desired.; dateStyle - The type of date format desired. This can be SHORT, MEDIUM, etc.; locale - The locale for which the date format is desired.
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getDateInstance

public static final DateFormat getDateInstance(Calendar cal,
                                               int dateStyle,
                                               ULocale locale)

Creates a DateFormat object that can be used to format dates in the calendar system specified by cal.

Parameters:: cal - The calendar system for which a date format is desired.; dateStyle - The type of date format desired. This can be SHORT, MEDIUM, etc.; locale - The locale for which the date format is desired.
Status:: Stable ICU 3.2.

getTimeInstance

public static final DateFormat getTimeInstance(Calendar cal,
                                               int timeStyle,
                                               Locale locale)

Creates a DateFormat object that can be used to format times in the calendar system specified by cal.

Note: When this functionality is moved into the core JDK, this method will probably be replaced by a new overload of getInstance().

Parameters:: cal - The calendar system for which a time format is desired.; timeStyle - The type of time format desired. This can be SHORT, MEDIUM, etc.; locale - The locale for which the time format is desired.
See Also:: getTimeInstance()
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getTimeInstance

public static final DateFormat getTimeInstance(Calendar cal,
                                               int timeStyle,
                                               ULocale locale)

Creates a DateFormat object that can be used to format times in the calendar system specified by cal.

Note: When this functionality is moved into the core JDK, this method will probably be replaced by a new overload of getInstance().

Parameters:: cal - The calendar system for which a time format is desired.; timeStyle - The type of time format desired. This can be SHORT, MEDIUM, etc.; locale - The locale for which the time format is desired.
See Also:: getTimeInstance()
Status:: Stable ICU 3.2.

getDateTimeInstance

public static final DateFormat getDateTimeInstance(Calendar cal,
                                                   int dateStyle,
                                                   int timeStyle,
                                                   Locale locale)

Creates a DateFormat object that can be used to format dates and times in the calendar system specified by cal.

Note: When this functionality is moved into the core JDK, this method will probably be replaced by a new overload of getInstance().

Parameters:: cal - The calendar system for which a date/time format is desired.; dateStyle - The type of date format desired. This can be SHORT, MEDIUM, etc.; timeStyle - The type of time format desired. This can be SHORT, MEDIUM, etc.; locale - The locale for which the date/time format is desired.
See Also:: getDateTimeInstance()
Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getDateTimeInstance

public static final DateFormat getDateTimeInstance(Calendar cal,
                                                   int dateStyle,
                                                   int timeStyle,
                                                   ULocale locale)

Creates a DateFormat object that can be used to format dates and times in the calendar system specified by cal.

Note: When this functionality is moved into the core JDK, this method will probably be replaced by a new overload of getInstance().

Parameters:: cal - The calendar system for which a date/time format is desired.; dateStyle - The type of date format desired. This can be SHORT, MEDIUM, etc.; timeStyle - The type of time format desired. This can be SHORT, MEDIUM, etc.; locale - The locale for which the date/time format is desired.
See Also:: getDateTimeInstance()
Status:: Stable ICU 3.2.

getInstance

public static final DateFormat getInstance(Calendar cal,
                                           Locale locale)

Convenience overload.

Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getInstance

public static final DateFormat getInstance(Calendar cal,
                                           ULocale locale)

Convenience overload.

Status:: Stable ICU 3.2.

getInstance

public static final DateFormat getInstance(Calendar cal)

Convenience overload.

Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getDateInstance

public static final DateFormat getDateInstance(Calendar cal,
                                               int dateStyle)

Convenience overload.

Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getTimeInstance

public static final DateFormat getTimeInstance(Calendar cal,
                                               int timeStyle)

Convenience overload.

Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getDateTimeInstance

public static final DateFormat getDateTimeInstance(Calendar cal,
                                                   int dateStyle,
                                                   int timeStyle)

Convenience overload.

Status:: Stable ICU 2.0.

getPatternInstance

public static final DateFormat getPatternInstance(String pattern)

[icu] Convenience overload.

Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

getPatternInstance

public static final DateFormat getPatternInstance(String pattern,
                                                  Locale locale)

[icu] Convenience overload.

Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

getPatternInstance

public static final DateFormat getPatternInstance(String pattern,
                                                  ULocale locale)

[icu] Returns a DateFormat object that can be used to format dates and times in the given locale.

Note: When this functionality is moved into the core JDK, this method will probably be replaced by a new overload of getInstance().

Parameters:: pattern - The pattern that selects the fields to be formatted. (Uses the DateTimePatternGenerator.) This can be ABBR_MONTH, MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY, etc.; locale - The locale for which the date/time format is desired.
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

getPatternInstance

public static final DateFormat getPatternInstance(Calendar cal,
                                                  String pattern,
                                                  Locale locale)

[icu] Convenience overload.

Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

getPatternInstance

public static final DateFormat getPatternInstance(Calendar cal,
                                                  String pattern,
                                                  ULocale locale)

[icu] Creates a DateFormat object that can be used to format dates and times in the calendar system specified by cal.

Note: When this functionality is moved into the core JDK, this method will probably be replaced by a new overload of getInstance().

Parameters:: cal - The calendar system for which a date/time format is desired.; pattern - The pattern that selects the fields to be formatted. (Uses the DateTimePatternGenerator.) This can be ABBR_MONTH, MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY, etc.; locale - The locale for which the date/time format is desired.
Status:: Stable ICU 4.0.

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ERA_FIELD

YEAR_FIELD

MONTH_FIELD

DATE_FIELD

HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD

HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD

MINUTE_FIELD

SECOND_FIELD

FRACTIONAL_SECOND_FIELD

MILLISECOND_FIELD

DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD

DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD

DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD

WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD

WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD

AM_PM_FIELD

HOUR1_FIELD

HOUR0_FIELD

TIMEZONE_FIELD

YEAR_WOY_FIELD

DOW_LOCAL_FIELD

EXTENDED_YEAR_FIELD

JULIAN_DAY_FIELD

MILLISECONDS_IN_DAY_FIELD

TIMEZONE_RFC_FIELD

TIMEZONE_GENERIC_FIELD

STANDALONE_DAY_FIELD

STANDALONE_MONTH_FIELD

QUARTER_FIELD

STANDALONE_QUARTER_FIELD

TIMEZONE_SPECIAL_FIELD

FIELD_COUNT

NONE

FULL

LONG

MEDIUM

SHORT

DEFAULT

RELATIVE

RELATIVE_FULL

RELATIVE_LONG

RELATIVE_MEDIUM

RELATIVE_SHORT

RELATIVE_DEFAULT

MINUTE_SECOND

HOUR24_MINUTE

HOUR24_MINUTE_SECOND

HOUR_MINUTE_SECOND

STANDALONE_MONTH

ABBR_STANDALONE_MONTH

YEAR_QUARTER

YEAR_ABBR_QUARTER

HOUR_MINUTE

YEAR

DAY

NUM_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

YEAR_NUM_MONTH

NUM_MONTH_DAY

YEAR_NUM_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

ABBR_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

YEAR_MONTH

YEAR_ABBR_MONTH

MONTH_DAY

ABBR_MONTH_DAY

MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

YEAR_ABBR_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

YEAR_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY

YEAR_MONTH_DAY

YEAR_ABBR_MONTH_DAY

YEAR_NUM_MONTH_DAY

NUM_MONTH

ABBR_MONTH

MONTH

HOUR_MINUTE_GENERIC_TZ

HOUR_MINUTE_TZ

HOUR

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