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<h1>SimpleDateFormat Class Reference</h1><!-- doxytag: class="SimpleDateFormat" --><!-- doxytag: inherits="DateFormat" --><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> is a concrete class for formatting and parsing dates in a language-independent manner.
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<code>#include <<a class="el" href="smpdtfmt_8h-source.html">smpdtfmt.h</a>></code>
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<p>Inheritance diagram for SimpleDateFormat:
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<tr><td colspan="2"><br><h2>Public Member Functions</h2></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#ac959d0d6f03e31837e1b7221436f65a">SimpleDateFormat</a> (<a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#3343c1c8a8377277046774691c98d78c">UErrorCode</a> &status)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Construct a <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> using the default pattern for the default locale. <a href="#ac959d0d6f03e31837e1b7221436f65a"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#f26818e4c01a1a344f95d2742851e6b6">SimpleDateFormat</a> (const <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &pattern, <a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#3343c1c8a8377277046774691c98d78c">UErrorCode</a> &status)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Construct a <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> using the given pattern and the default locale. <a href="#f26818e4c01a1a344f95d2742851e6b6"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#c327ded362ebd360f3a3c855ddbbfdba">SimpleDateFormat</a> (const <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &pattern, const <a class="el" href="classLocale.html">Locale</a> &locale, <a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#3343c1c8a8377277046774691c98d78c">UErrorCode</a> &status)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Construct a <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> using the given pattern and locale. <a href="#c327ded362ebd360f3a3c855ddbbfdba"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#6d93e872ff95ab9b13797c3c8df36ed4">SimpleDateFormat</a> (const <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &pattern, <a class="el" href="classDateFormatSymbols.html">DateFormatSymbols</a> *formatDataToAdopt, <a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#3343c1c8a8377277046774691c98d78c">UErrorCode</a> &status)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Construct a <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> using the given pattern and locale-specific symbol data. <a href="#6d93e872ff95ab9b13797c3c8df36ed4"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#698e2c463f36eb98c100d7e6b14df019">SimpleDateFormat</a> (const <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &pattern, const <a class="el" href="classDateFormatSymbols.html">DateFormatSymbols</a> &formatData, <a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#3343c1c8a8377277046774691c98d78c">UErrorCode</a> &status)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Construct a <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> using the given pattern and locale-specific symbol data. <a href="#698e2c463f36eb98c100d7e6b14df019"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#ebfb20e1e8ae1dbc51d4e5ac80f7fa75">SimpleDateFormat</a> (const <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> &)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Copy constructor. <a href="#ebfb20e1e8ae1dbc51d4e5ac80f7fa75"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> & </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#9150f0dbd293cf22a470e932d77633fe">operator=</a> (const <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> &)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Assignment operator. <a href="#9150f0dbd293cf22a470e932d77633fe"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#e4f200518c4e94db50ea6cf44b54a3b5">~SimpleDateFormat</a> ()</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Destructor. <a href="#e4f200518c4e94db50ea6cf44b54a3b5"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual <a class="el" href="classFormat.html">Format</a> * </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#7e779c3f80b4bb518e2e4d4907c3db3f">clone</a> (void) const </td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Clone this <a class="el" href="classFormat.html">Format</a> object polymorphically. <a href="#7e779c3f80b4bb518e2e4d4907c3db3f"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual <a class="el" href="umachine_8h.html#349ef00011f20ccd1d3b424445681aa5">UBool</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#349ffdf4204e4a6b0fec2c473ceaacb3">operator==</a> (const <a class="el" href="classFormat.html">Format</a> &other) const </td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Return true if the given <a class="el" href="classFormat.html">Format</a> objects are semantically equal. <a href="#349ffdf4204e4a6b0fec2c473ceaacb3"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> & </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#618b8ffd208cb29851d12d1db5babc49">format</a> (<a class="el" href="classCalendar.html">Calendar</a> &cal, <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &appendTo, <a class="el" href="classFieldPosition.html">FieldPosition</a> &pos) const </td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight"><a class="el" href="classFormat.html">Format</a> a date or time, which is the standard millis since 24:00 GMT, Jan 1, 1970. <a href="#618b8ffd208cb29851d12d1db5babc49"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> & </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#5246aae538ec88510b10b1a87a8e14cd">format</a> (const <a class="el" href="classFormattable.html">Formattable</a> &obj, <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &appendTo, <a class="el" href="classFieldPosition.html">FieldPosition</a> &pos, <a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#3343c1c8a8377277046774691c98d78c">UErrorCode</a> &status) const</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight"><a class="el" href="classFormat.html">Format</a> a date or time, which is the standard millis since 24:00 GMT, Jan 1, 1970. <a href="#5246aae538ec88510b10b1a87a8e14cd"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> & </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#9e433ca3258272be455b61f0a06c33eb">format</a> (<a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#ce1704e9e77d407d1eaaa2e73ec0c039">UDate</a> date, <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &appendTo, <a class="el" href="classFieldPosition.html">FieldPosition</a> &fieldPosition) const </td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Redeclared <a class="el" href="classDateFormat.html">DateFormat</a> method. <a href="#9e433ca3258272be455b61f0a06c33eb"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> & </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#ab9dc1c3bc84ac480ee1bc1c05d6126a">format</a> (const <a class="el" href="classFormattable.html">Formattable</a> &obj, <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &appendTo, <a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#3343c1c8a8377277046774691c98d78c">UErrorCode</a> &status) const </td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Redeclared <a class="el" href="classDateFormat.html">DateFormat</a> method. <a href="#ab9dc1c3bc84ac480ee1bc1c05d6126a"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> & </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#23bb4a7bb2388b86b933897e871df8bf">format</a> (<a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#ce1704e9e77d407d1eaaa2e73ec0c039">UDate</a> date, <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &appendTo) const</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Redeclared <a class="el" href="classDateFormat.html">DateFormat</a> method. <a href="#23bb4a7bb2388b86b933897e871df8bf"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual void </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#e0602731300b1fda0d9e4553dfb275b6">parse</a> (const <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &text, <a class="el" href="classCalendar.html">Calendar</a> &cal, <a class="el" href="classParsePosition.html">ParsePosition</a> &pos) const</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Parse a date/time string beginning at the given parse position. <a href="#e0602731300b1fda0d9e4553dfb275b6"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#ce1704e9e77d407d1eaaa2e73ec0c039">UDate</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#4cfd7300952296fcf2e35ed67e5127dd">parse</a> (const <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &text, <a class="el" href="classParsePosition.html">ParsePosition</a> &pos) const </td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Parse a date/time string starting at the given parse position. <a href="#4cfd7300952296fcf2e35ed67e5127dd"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual <a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#ce1704e9e77d407d1eaaa2e73ec0c039">UDate</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#d824c9ccee2a56fb54c2384989bb80f7">parse</a> (const <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &text, <a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#3343c1c8a8377277046774691c98d78c">UErrorCode</a> &status) const </td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Parse a date/time string. <a href="#d824c9ccee2a56fb54c2384989bb80f7"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual void </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#bc869d3e1b35b4c8a81e005e3f23c28f">set2DigitYearStart</a> (<a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#ce1704e9e77d407d1eaaa2e73ec0c039">UDate</a> d, <a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#3343c1c8a8377277046774691c98d78c">UErrorCode</a> &status)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Set the start UDate used to interpret two-digit year strings. <a href="#bc869d3e1b35b4c8a81e005e3f23c28f"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#ce1704e9e77d407d1eaaa2e73ec0c039">UDate</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#c9f751ed459a1fa85445186353a4ef3a">get2DigitYearStart</a> (<a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#3343c1c8a8377277046774691c98d78c">UErrorCode</a> &status) const</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Get the start UDate used to interpret two-digit year strings. <a href="#c9f751ed459a1fa85445186353a4ef3a"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> & </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#bdaee3175016a7fd054d650d2b08606f">toPattern</a> (<a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &result) const</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Return a pattern string describing this date format. <a href="#bdaee3175016a7fd054d650d2b08606f"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> & </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#e8afbe51b43dd76856d26b761276b921">toLocalizedPattern</a> (<a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &result, <a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#3343c1c8a8377277046774691c98d78c">UErrorCode</a> &status) const </td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Return a localized pattern string describing this date format. <a href="#e8afbe51b43dd76856d26b761276b921"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual void </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#d6dcbf05065e6b18ef7985cb2ebc01f2">applyPattern</a> (const <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &pattern)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Apply the given unlocalized pattern string to this date format. <a href="#d6dcbf05065e6b18ef7985cb2ebc01f2"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual void </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#b177ad8b128f13bd84c29e419233d3fe">applyLocalizedPattern</a> (const <a class="el" href="classUnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &pattern, <a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#3343c1c8a8377277046774691c98d78c">UErrorCode</a> &status)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Apply the given localized pattern string to this date format. <a href="#b177ad8b128f13bd84c29e419233d3fe"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual const <a class="el" href="classDateFormatSymbols.html">DateFormatSymbols</a> * </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#fb3ffb2587d5070769b73f303b592715">getDateFormatSymbols</a> (void) const </td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Gets the date/time formatting symbols (this is an object carrying the various strings and other symbols used in formatting: e.g., month names and abbreviations, time zone names, AM/PM strings, etc. <a href="#fb3ffb2587d5070769b73f303b592715"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual void </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#d93f7d1db5193ed784cd83ccfb647503">adoptDateFormatSymbols</a> (<a class="el" href="classDateFormatSymbols.html">DateFormatSymbols</a> *newFormatSymbols)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Set the date/time formatting symbols. <a href="#d93f7d1db5193ed784cd83ccfb647503"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual void </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#972ac03adeab58abcafd7c6da2bdf913">setDateFormatSymbols</a> (const <a class="el" href="classDateFormatSymbols.html">DateFormatSymbols</a> &newFormatSymbols)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Set the date/time formatting data. <a href="#972ac03adeab58abcafd7c6da2bdf913"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual <a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#22af10545208a455a6e884008df48e9f">UClassID</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#8b106f7a1c7ea5757aaca9cc3a16a348">getDynamicClassID</a> (void) const </td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Returns a unique class ID POLYMORPHICALLY. <a href="#8b106f7a1c7ea5757aaca9cc3a16a348"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual void </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#66975f632ef7ce796eeaad1e0e6b33b5">adoptCalendar</a> (<a class="el" href="classCalendar.html">Calendar</a> *calendarToAdopt)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Set the calendar to be used by this date format. <a href="#66975f632ef7ce796eeaad1e0e6b33b5"></a><br></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">static <a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#22af10545208a455a6e884008df48e9f">UClassID</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#2188b47b32836a2de7d827778b34de87">getStaticClassID</a> (void)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Return the class ID for this class. <a href="#2188b47b32836a2de7d827778b34de87"></a><br></td></tr>
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<hr><a name="_details"></a><h2>Detailed Description</h2>
<a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> is a concrete class for formatting and parsing dates in a language-independent manner.
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It allows for formatting (millis -> text), parsing (text -> millis), and normalization. Formats/Parses a date or time, which is the standard milliseconds since 24:00 GMT, Jan 1, 1970. <p>
Clients are encouraged to create a date-time formatter using DateFormat::getInstance(), getDateInstance(), getDateInstance(), or getDateTimeInstance() rather than explicitly constructing an instance of <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a>. This way, the client is guaranteed to get an appropriate formatting pattern for whatever locale the program is running in. However, if the client needs something more unusual than the default patterns in the locales, he can construct a <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> directly and give it an appropriate pattern (or use one of the factory methods on <a class="el" href="classDateFormat.html">DateFormat</a> and modify the pattern after the fact with <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#bdaee3175016a7fd054d650d2b08606f">toPattern()</a> and <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#d6dcbf05065e6b18ef7985cb2ebc01f2">applyPattern()</a>. <p>
Date/Time format syntax: <p>
The date/time format is specified by means of a string time pattern. In this pattern, all ASCII letters are reserved as pattern letters, which are defined as the following: <pre>
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G era designator (Text) AD
y year (Number) 1996
Y year (week of year) (Number) 1997
u extended year (Number) 4601
M month in year (Text & Number) July & 07
d day in month (Number) 10
h hour in am/pm (1~12) (Number) 12
H hour in day (0~23) (Number) 0
m minute in hour (Number) 30
s second in minute (Number) 55
S fractional second (Number) 978
E day of week (Text) Tuesday
e day of week (local 1~7) (Number) 2
D day in year (Number) 189
F day of week in month (Number) 2 (2nd Wed in July)
w week in year (Number) 27
W week in month (Number) 2
a am/pm marker (Text) PM
k hour in day (1~24) (Number) 24
K hour in am/pm (0~11) (Number) 0
z time zone (Time) Pacific Standard Time
Z time zone (RFC 822) (Number) -0800
v time zone (generic) (Text) Pacific Time
g Julian day (Number) 2451334
A milliseconds in day (Number) 69540000
' escape for text (Delimiter) 'Date='
'' single quote (Literal) 'o''clock'
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</pre> The count of pattern letters determine the format. <p>
(Text): 4 or more, use full form, <4, use short or abbreviated form if it exists. (e.g., "EEEE" produces "Monday", "EEE" produces "Mon") <p>
(Number): the minimum number of digits. Shorter numbers are zero-padded to this amount (e.g. if "m" produces "6", "mm" produces "06"). Year is handled specially; that is, if the count of 'y' is 2, the Year will be truncated to 2 digits. (e.g., if "yyyy" produces "1997", "yy" produces "97".) Unlike other fields, fractional seconds are padded on the right with zero. <p>
(Text & Number): 3 or over, use text, otherwise use number. (e.g., "M" produces "1", "MM" produces "01", "MMM" produces "Jan", and "MMMM" produces "January".) <p>
Any characters in the pattern that are not in the ranges of ['a'..'z'] and ['A'..'Z'] will be treated as quoted text. For instance, characters like ':', '.', ' ', '#' and '@' will appear in the resulting time text even they are not embraced within single quotes. <p>
A pattern containing any invalid pattern letter will result in a failing UErrorCode result during formatting or parsing. <p>
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<span class="stringliteral">"yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss vvvv"</span> ->> 1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 Pacific Time
<span class="stringliteral">"EEE, MMM d, ''yy"</span> ->> Wed, July 10, '96
<span class="stringliteral">"h:mm a"</span> ->> 12:08 PM
<span class="stringliteral">"hh 'o''clock' a, zzzz"</span> ->> 12 o'clock PM, Pacific Daylight Time
<span class="stringliteral">"K:mm a, vvv"</span> ->> 0:00 PM, PT
<span class="stringliteral">"yyyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa"</span> ->> 1996.July.10 AD 12:08 PM
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pdt-><a class="code" href="classSimpleTimeZone.html#e2eee23700f7405a563cf01e3cedd797">setEndRule</a>( Calendar::OCTOBER, -1, Calendar::SUNDAY, 2*60*60*1000);
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formatter-><a class="code" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#618b8ffd208cb29851d12d1db5babc49">format</a>( currentTime_1, dateString, fp );
cout << <span class="stringliteral">"result: "</span> << dateString << endl;
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When parsing a date string using the abbreviated year pattern ("y" or "yy"), <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> must interpret the abbreviated year relative to some century. It does this by adjusting dates to be within 80 years before and 20 years after the time the <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> instance is created. For example, using a pattern of "MM/dd/yy" and a <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> instance created on Jan 1, 1997, the string "01/11/12" would be interpreted as Jan 11, 2012 while the string "05/04/64" would be interpreted as May 4, 1964. During parsing, only strings consisting of exactly two digits, as defined by <code>Unicode::isDigit()</code>, will be parsed into the default century. Any other numeric string, such as a one digit string, a three or more digit string, or a two digit string that isn't all digits (for example, "-1"), is interpreted literally. So "01/02/3" or "01/02/003" are parsed, using the same pattern, as Jan 2, 3 AD. Likewise, "01/02/-3" is parsed as Jan 2, 4 BC.<p>
If the year pattern has more than two 'y' characters, the year is interpreted literally, regardless of the number of digits. So using the pattern "MM/dd/yyyy", "01/11/12" parses to Jan 11, 12 A.D.<p>
When numeric fields abut one another directly, with no intervening delimiter characters, they constitute a run of abutting numeric fields. Such runs are parsed specially. For example, the format "HHmmss" parses the input text "123456" to 12:34:56, parses the input text "12345" to 1:23:45, and fails to parse "1234". In other words, the leftmost field of the run is flexible, while the others keep a fixed width. If the parse fails anywhere in the run, then the leftmost field is shortened by one character, and the entire run is parsed again. This is repeated until either the parse succeeds or the leftmost field is one character in length. If the parse still fails at that point, the parse of the run fails.<p>
For time zones that have no names, <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> uses strings GMT+hours:minutes or GMT-hours:minutes. <p>
The calendar defines what is the first day of the week, the first week of the year, whether hours are zero based or not (0 vs 12 or 24), and the timezone. There is one common number format to handle all the numbers; the digit count is handled programmatically according to the pattern.<p>
<em>User subclasses are not supported.</em> While clients may write subclasses, such code will not necessarily work and will not be guaranteed to work stably from release to release.
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<a class="el" href="classFormat.html">Format</a> a date or time, which is the standard millis since 24:00 GMT, Jan 1, 1970.
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Example: using the US locale: "yyyy.MM.dd e 'at' HH:mm:ss zzz" ->> 1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 PDT<p>
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<dl compact><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable002742">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 2.1 </dd></dl>
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Implements <a class="el" href="classDateFormat.html#6a43ee1f7a2db50e70675fe365e26bd5">DateFormat</a>.
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<a class="el" href="classFormat.html">Format</a> a date or time, which is the standard millis since 24:00 GMT, Jan 1, 1970.
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Example: using the US locale: "yyyy.MM.dd e 'at' HH:mm:ss zzz" ->> 1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 PDT<p>
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<dl compact><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable002743">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 2.0 </dd></dl>
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Redeclared <a class="el" href="classDateFormat.html">DateFormat</a> method.
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<dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
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Redeclared <a class="el" href="classDateFormat.html">DateFormat</a> method.
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<tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>status</em> </td><td>Input/output success/failure code. </td></tr>
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Parse a date/time string beginning at the given parse position.
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For example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT" will be parsed into a Date that is equivalent to Date(837039928046). <p>
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).<p>
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<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>A valid UDate if the input could be parsed. </dd></dl>
<dl compact><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable002747">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 2.1 </dd></dl>
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Parse a date/time string starting at the given parse position.
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For example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT" will be parsed into a Date that is equivalent to Date(837039928046). <p>
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).<p>
<dl class="see" compact><dt><b>See also:</b></dt><dd>DateFormat::setLenient(boolean)</dd></dl>
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Parse a date/time string.
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Set the start UDate used to interpret two-digit year strings.
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When dates are parsed having 2-digit year strings, they are placed within a assumed range of 100 years starting on the two digit start date. For example, the string "24-Jan-17" may be in the year 1817, 1917, 2017, or some other year. <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> chooses a year so that the resultant date is on or after the two digit start date and within 100 years of the two digit start date. <p>
By default, the two digit start date is set to 80 years before the current time at which a <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> object is created. <dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
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Get the start UDate used to interpret two-digit year strings.
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When dates are parsed having 2-digit year strings, they are placed within a assumed range of 100 years starting on the two digit start date. For example, the string "24-Jan-17" may be in the year 1817, 1917, 2017, or some other year. <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> chooses a year so that the resultant date is on or after the two digit start date and within 100 years of the two digit start date. <p>
By default, the two digit start date is set to 80 years before the current time at which a <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html">SimpleDateFormat</a> object is created. <dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
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Definition at line <a class="el" href="smpdtfmt_8h-source.html#l00863">863</a> of file <a class="el" href="smpdtfmt_8h-source.html">smpdtfmt.h</a>.
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Return a pattern string describing this date format.
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<dl compact><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable002752">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 2.0 </dd></dl>
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Return a localized pattern string describing this date format.
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In most cases, this will return the same thing as <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#bdaee3175016a7fd054d650d2b08606f">toPattern()</a>, but a locale can specify characters to use in pattern descriptions in place of the ones described in this class's class documentation. (Presumably, letters that would be more mnemonic in that locale's language.) This function would produce a pattern using those letters.<p>
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<dl compact><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable002753">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 2.0 </dd></dl>
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Apply the given unlocalized pattern string to this date format.
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(i.e., after this call, this formatter will format dates according to the new pattern)<p>
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Apply the given localized pattern string to this date format.
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(see <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#e8afbe51b43dd76856d26b761276b921">toLocalizedPattern()</a> for more information on localized patterns.)<p>
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<dl compact><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable002755">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 2.0 </dd></dl>
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Gets the date/time formatting symbols (this is an object carrying the various strings and other symbols used in formatting: e.g., month names and abbreviations, time zone names, AM/PM strings, etc.
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<dl compact><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable002756">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 2.0 </dd></dl>
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Set the date/time formatting symbols.
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The caller no longer owns the <a class="el" href="classDateFormatSymbols.html">DateFormatSymbols</a> object and should not delete it after making this call. <dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
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Set the date/time formatting data.
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Return the class ID for this class.
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This is useful only for comparing to a return value from <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#8b106f7a1c7ea5757aaca9cc3a16a348">getDynamicClassID()</a>. For example: <pre>
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Returns a unique class ID POLYMORPHICALLY.
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Pure virtual override. This method is to implement a simple version of RTTI, since not all C++ compilers support genuine RTTI. Polymorphic <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#349ffdf4204e4a6b0fec2c473ceaacb3">operator==()</a> and <a class="el" href="classSimpleDateFormat.html#7e779c3f80b4bb518e2e4d4907c3db3f">clone()</a> methods call this method.<p>
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Implements <a class="el" href="classFormat.html#5bb95eb0d807a3ce319ebc2fe19a5f3f">Format</a>.
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Set the calendar to be used by this date format.
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Initially, the default calendar for the specified or default locale is used. The caller should not delete the <a class="el" href="classCalendar.html">Calendar</a> object after it is adopted by this call. Adopting a new calendar will change to the default symbols.<p>
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Reimplemented from <a class="el" href="classDateFormat.html#82d9d571d5764024766bb3750759bb4b">DateFormat</a>.
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