1 // 2016 and later: Unicode, Inc. and others. 2 // License & terms of use: http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html#License 3 /* 4 ****************************************************************************** 5 * Copyright (C) 2007, International Business Machines Corporation and * 6 * others. All Rights Reserved. * 7 ****************************************************************************** 8 */ 9 10 package com.ibm.icu.impl.duration; 11 12 import java.util.Date; 13 import java.util.TimeZone; 14 15 /** 16 * Abstract formatter for dates. Differs from DateFormat in that it 17 * provides <code>withLocale</code> and <code>withTimeZone</code> methods. 18 */ 19 public interface DateFormatter { 20 21 /** 22 * Format the date, provided as a java Date object. 23 * 24 * @param date the date 25 * @return the formatted time 26 */ 27 String format(Date date); 28 29 /** 30 * Format the date, provided as milliseconds. 31 * 32 * @param date the date in milliseconds 33 * @return the formatted time 34 */ 35 String format(long date); 36 37 /** 38 * Returns a new DateFormatter that uses data for a new locale. 39 * 40 * @param locale the new locale to use 41 * @return a new formatter for the given locale 42 */ 43 DateFormatter withLocale(String localeName); 44 45 /** 46 * Returns a new DateFormatter that uses the new time zone. 47 * 48 * @param tz the new time zone 49 * @return a new formatter for the given time zone 50 */ 51 DateFormatter withTimeZone(TimeZone tz); 52 } 53
