Here you can find the source of getTimeFormat()
private static DateFormat getTimeFormat()
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww . ja v a 2s .co m * Created on Sep 8, 2004 * Copyright 2013 Henk van den Berg * * 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. * * see license.txt * */ import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; public class Main { private static SimpleDateFormat xldf; private static DateFormat getTimeFormat() { if (xldf == null) { xldf = new SimpleDateFormat(); } xldf.applyPattern("HH:mm:ss.SSS"); return xldf; } }