# Uses of Class
java.text.DateFormat

Packages that use DateFormat
Package | Description
--- | ---
java.text | Provides classes and interfaces for handling text, dates, numbers, and messages in a manner independent of natural languages.
java.text.spi | Service provider classes for the classes in the java.text package.
javax.swing.text | Provides classes and interfaces that deal with editable and noneditable text components.

## Uses of DateFormat in java.text

Subclasses of DateFormat in java.text
Modifier and Type | Class | Description
--- | --- | ---
`class` | `SimpleDateFormat` | `SimpleDateFormat` is a concrete class for formatting and parsing dates in a locale-sensitive manner.

Methods in java.text that return DateFormat
Modifier and Type | Method | Description
--- | --- | ---
`static DateFormat` | DateFormat.`getDateInstance()` | Gets the date formatter with the default formatting style for the default `FORMAT` locale.
`static DateFormat` | DateFormat.`getDateInstance​(int style)` | Gets the date formatter with the given formatting style for the default `FORMAT` locale.
`static DateFormat` | DateFormat.`getDateInstance​(int style, Locale aLocale)` | Gets the date formatter with the given formatting style for the given locale.
`static DateFormat` | DateFormat.`getDateTimeInstance()` | Gets the date/time formatter with the default formatting style for the default `FORMAT` locale.
`static DateFormat` | DateFormat.`getDateTimeInstance​(int dateStyle, int timeStyle)` | Gets the date/time formatter with the given date and time formatting styles for the default `FORMAT` locale.
`static DateFormat` | DateFormat.`getDateTimeInstance​(int dateStyle, int timeStyle, Locale aLocale)` | Gets the date/time formatter with the given formatting styles for the given locale.
`static DateFormat` | DateFormat.`getInstance()` | Get a default date/time formatter that uses the SHORT style for both the date and the time.
`static DateFormat` | DateFormat.`getTimeInstance()` | Gets the time formatter with the default formatting style for the default `FORMAT` locale.
`static DateFormat` | DateFormat.`getTimeInstance​(int style)` | Gets the time formatter with the given formatting style for the default `FORMAT` locale.
`static DateFormat` | DateFormat.`getTimeInstance​(int style, Locale aLocale)` | Gets the time formatter with the given formatting style for the given locale.

## Uses of DateFormat in java.text.spi

Methods in java.text.spi that return DateFormat
Modifier and Type | Method | Description
--- | --- | ---
`abstract DateFormat` | DateFormatProvider.`getDateInstance​(int style, Locale locale)` | Returns a new `DateFormat` instance which formats date with the given formatting style for the specified locale.
`abstract DateFormat` | DateFormatProvider.`getDateTimeInstance​(int dateStyle, int timeStyle, Locale locale)` | Returns a new `DateFormat` instance which formats date and time with the given formatting style for the specified locale.
`abstract DateFormat` | DateFormatProvider.`getTimeInstance​(int style, Locale locale)` | Returns a new `DateFormat` instance which formats time with the given formatting style for the specified locale.

## Uses of DateFormat in javax.swing.text

Methods in javax.swing.text with parameters of type DateFormat
Modifier and Type | Method | Description
--- | --- | ---
`void` | DateFormatter.`setFormat​(DateFormat format)` | Sets the format that dictates the legal values that can be edited and displayed.

Constructors in javax.swing.text with parameters of type DateFormat
Constructor | Description
--- | ---
`DateFormatter​(DateFormat format)` | Returns a DateFormatter configured with the specified `Format` instance.