Here you can find the source of dateFormatter(String dateFormat)
private static SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter(String dateFormat)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w .j a v a2s. com * #%L * Webstar Newsletter * %% * Copyright (C) 2013 Webstar Csoport Kft. * %% * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the * License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program 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 General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public * License along with this program. If not, see * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html>. * #L% */ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.*; public class Main { public static final String SIMPLE_DATE_FORMAT_HU = "yyyy.MM.dd"; public static final String DATE_FORMAT_HU = "yyyy. MMMMM dd."; private static SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter(String dateFormat) { return new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat); } private static SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter(String dateFormat, Locale locale) { return new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat, locale); } private static SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter(boolean simple) { return dateFormatter(simple ? SIMPLE_DATE_FORMAT_HU : DATE_FORMAT_HU); } }