Java Enterprise in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Name

MailDateFormat

Synopsis

This is an extension of java.text.SimpleDateFormat, used to format dates based upon the IETF’s draft specification from January 26, 2000, which is a followup to RFC-822. Date format patterning strings are ignored by this class.

                  
public class MailDateFormat extends java.text.SimpleDateFormat {
// Public Constructors
   public MailDateFormat();  
// Public Methods Overriding SimpleDateFormat
   public StringBuffer format(java.util.Date date, 
        StringBuffer dateStrBuf, 
        java.text.FieldPosition fieldPosition);  
   public java.util.Date parse(String text, 
        java.text.ParsePosition pos);  
// Public Methods Overriding DateFormat
   public void setCalendar( java.util.Calendar newCalendar);  
   public void setNumberFormat(
        java.text.NumberFormat newNumberFormat);  
}