SimpleDateFormat.clone() has the following syntax.
public Object clone()
In the following code shows how to use SimpleDateFormat.clone() method.
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; //from w w w.j av a 2 s.co m public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(); formatter.applyPattern("MMM"); System.out.println(formatter.clone().equals(new SimpleDateFormat())); } }
The code above generates the following result.