Java TimeZone Format toTimeFormat(String timeFormat, TimeZone tz, Locale locale)

Description

Returns an initialized DateFormat object.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
timeFormat	optional format string
tz	a parameter
locale	can be null if timeFormat is not null

Return

DateFormat object

Declaration

public static DateFormat toTimeFormat(String timeFormat, TimeZone tz, Locale locale) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /**//from w  ww. j a va 2 s .  co m
     * Returns an initialized DateFormat object.
     *
     * @param timeFormat
     *            optional format string
     * @param tz
     * @param locale
     *            can be null if timeFormat is not null
     * @return DateFormat object
     */
    public static DateFormat toTimeFormat(String timeFormat, TimeZone tz, Locale locale) {
        DateFormat df = null;
        if (timeFormat == null) {
            df = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, locale);
        } else {
            df = new SimpleDateFormat(timeFormat);
        }
        df.setTimeZone(tz);
        return df;
    }
}

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