Here you can find the source of getLongDateFormatter()
public static final DateFormat getLongDateFormatter()
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w . ja va 2s . co m*/ * ? Copyright IBM Corp. 2012-2013 * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at: * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or * implied. See the License for the specific language governing * permissions and limitations under the License. */ import java.text.*; import java.util.*; public class Main { public static final DateFormat getLongDateFormatter() { return DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG); } public static final DateFormat getLongDateFormatter(Locale loc) { return DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG, loc); } public static final DateFormat getLongDateFormatter(Locale loc, TimeZone tz) { DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG, loc); df.setTimeZone(tz); return df; } }