Here you can find the source of getFormatters()
public static SimpleDateFormat[] getFormatters()
//package com.java2s; /*/* www .ja va2 s .c om*/ * Copyright 1997-2010 Unidata Program Center/University Corporation for * Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, * support@unidata.ucar.edu. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at * your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser * General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA * */ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; public class Main { /** A set of common date formats */ private static final String[] formats = { "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss Z", "yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss Z", "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss Z", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z", "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss Z yyyy", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss", "yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm Z", "yyyyMMdd'T'HHmm Z", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm", "yyyyMMdd'T'HHmm", "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm Z", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm Z", "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm", "yyyy-MM-dd", "yyyy/MM/dd", "yyyy-MM", "yyyy/MM", "yyyyMMdd", "yyyyMM", "yyyy" }; /** The SimpleDateFormat objects we make from the above formats */ private static SimpleDateFormat[] sdfs; /** * _more_ * * @return _more_ */ public static SimpleDateFormat[] getFormatters() { if (sdfs == null) { SimpleDateFormat[] tmp = new SimpleDateFormat[formats.length]; for (int i = 0; i < formats.length; i++) { tmp[i] = new SimpleDateFormat(formats[i]); } sdfs = tmp; } return sdfs; } }