Fields
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| AM_PM_FIELD | Useful constant for AM_PM field alignment. | 
| calendar | The calendar that DateFormat uses to produce the time field values needed to implement date/time formatting. | 
| DATE_FIELD | Useful constant for DATE field alignment. | 
| DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD | Useful constant for DAY_OF_WEEK field alignment. | 
| DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD | Useful constant for DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH field alignment. | 
| DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD | Useful constant for DAY_OF_YEAR field alignment. | 
| DEFAULT | Constant for default style pattern. | 
| ERA_FIELD | Useful constant for ERA field alignment. | 
| FULL | Constant for full style pattern. | 
| HOUR0_FIELD | Useful constant for zero-based HOUR field alignment. | 
| HOUR1_FIELD | Useful constant for one-based HOUR field alignment. | 
| HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD | Useful constant for zero-based HOUR_OF_DAY field alignment. | 
| HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD | Useful constant for one-based HOUR_OF_DAY field alignment. | 
| LONG | Constant for long style pattern. | 
| MEDIUM | Constant for medium style pattern. | 
| MILLISECOND_FIELD | Useful constant for MILLISECOND field alignment. | 
| MINUTE_FIELD | Useful constant for MINUTE field alignment. | 
| MONTH_FIELD | Useful constant for MONTH field alignment. | 
| numberFormat | The number formatter that DateFormat uses to format numbers in dates and times. | 
| SECOND_FIELD | Useful constant for SECOND field alignment. | 
| SHORT | Constant for short style pattern. | 
| TIMEZONE_FIELD | Useful constant for TIMEZONE field alignment. | 
| WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD | Useful constant for WEEK_OF_MONTH field alignment. | 
| WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD | Useful constant for WEEK_OF_YEAR field alignment. | 
| YEAR_FIELD | Useful constant for YEAR field alignment. | 
Constructors
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| DateFormat() | 
Methods
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| clone() | Overrides Cloneable | 
| equals(Object) | Overrides equals | 
| format(Date) | Formats a Date into a date/time string. | 
| format(Date, StringBuffer, FieldPosition) | Formats a Date into a date/time string. | 
| format(Object, StringBuffer, FieldPosition) | Overrides Format. | 
| getAvailableLocales() | Gets the set of locales for which DateFormats are installed. | 
| getCalendar() | Gets the calendar associated with this date/time formatter. | 
| getDateInstance() | Gets the date formatter with the default formatting style for the default locale. | 
| getDateInstance(int) | Gets the date formatter with the given formatting style for the default locale. | 
| getDateInstance(int, Locale) | Gets the date formatter with the given formatting style for the given locale. | 
| getDateTimeInstance() | Gets the date/time formatter with the default formatting style for the default locale. | 
| getDateTimeInstance(int, int) | Gets the date/time formatter with the given date and time formatting styles for the default locale. | 
| getDateTimeInstance(int, int, Locale) | Gets the date/time formatter with the given formatting styles for the given locale. | 
| getInstance() | Get a default date/time formatter that uses the SHORT style for both the date and the time. | 
| getNumberFormat() | Gets the number formatter which this date/time formatter uses to format and parse a time. | 
| getTimeInstance() | Gets the time formatter with the default formatting style for the default locale. | 
| getTimeInstance(int) | Gets the time formatter with the given formatting style for the default locale. | 
| getTimeInstance(int, Locale) | Gets the time formatter with the given formatting style for the given locale. | 
| getTimeZone() | Gets the time zone. | 
| hashCode() | Overrides hashCode | 
| isLenient() | Tell whether date/time parsing is to be lenient. | 
| parse(String) | Parse a date/time string. | 
| parse(String, ParsePosition) | Parse a date/time string according to the given parse position. | 
| parseObject(String, ParsePosition) | Parse a date/time string into an Object. | 
| setCalendar(Calendar) | Set the calendar to be used by this date format. | 
| setLenient(boolean) | Specify whether or not date/time parsing is to be lenient. | 
| setNumberFormat(NumberFormat) | Allows you to set the number formatter. | 
| setTimeZone(TimeZone) | Sets the time zone for the calendar of this DateFormat object. |