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SimpleDateFormat

public class SimpleDateFormat extends DateFormat
SimpleDateFormat is a concrete class for formatting and parsing dates in a locale-sensitive manner. It allows for formatting (date -> text), parsing (text -> date), and normalization.

SimpleDateFormat allows you to start by choosing any user-defined patterns for date-time formatting. However, you are encouraged to create a date-time formatter with either getTimeInstance, getDateInstance, or getDateTimeInstance in DateFormat. Each of these class methods can return a date/time formatter initialized with a default format pattern. You may modify the format pattern using the applyPattern methods as desired. For more information on using these methods, see {@link DateFormat}.

Date and Time Patterns

Date and time formats are specified by date and time pattern strings. Within date and time pattern strings, unquoted letters from 'A' to 'Z' and from 'a' to 'z' are interpreted as pattern letters representing the components of a date or time string. Text can be quoted using single quotes (') to avoid interpretation. "''" represents a single quote. All other characters are not interpreted; they're simply copied into the output string during formatting or matched against the input string during parsing.

The following pattern letters are defined (all other characters from 'A' to 'Z' and from 'a' to 'z' are reserved):

Letter Date or Time Component Presentation Examples
G Era designator Text AD
y Year Year 1996; 96
M Month in year Month July; Jul; 07
w Week in year Number 27
W Week in month Number 2
D Day in year Number 189
d Day in month Number 10
F Day of week in month Number 2
E Day in week Text Tuesday; Tue
a Am/pm marker Text PM
H Hour in day (0-23) Number 0
k Hour in day (1-24) Number 24
K Hour in am/pm (0-11) Number 0
h Hour in am/pm (1-12) Number 12
m Minute in hour Number 30
s Second in minute Number 55
S Millisecond Number 978
z Time zone General time zone Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00
Z Time zone RFC 822 time zone -0800
Pattern letters are usually repeated, as their number determines the exact presentation:
  • Text: For formatting, if the number of pattern letters is 4 or more, the full form is used; otherwise a short or abbreviated form is used if available. For parsing, both forms are accepted, independent of the number of pattern letters.
  • Number: For formatting, the number of pattern letters is the minimum number of digits, and shorter numbers are zero-padded to this amount. For parsing, the number of pattern letters is ignored unless it's needed to separate two adjacent fields.
  • Year: For formatting, if the number of pattern letters is 2, the year is truncated to 2 digits; otherwise it is interpreted as a number.

    For parsing, if the number of pattern letters is more than 2, the year is interpreted literally, regardless of the number of digits. So using the pattern "MM/dd/yyyy", "01/11/12" parses to Jan 11, 12 A.D.

    For parsing with the abbreviated year pattern ("y" or "yy"), SimpleDateFormat must interpret the abbreviated year relative to some century. It does this by adjusting dates to be within 80 years before and 20 years after the time the SimpleDateFormat instance is created. For example, using a pattern of "MM/dd/yy" and a SimpleDateFormat instance created on Jan 1, 1997, the string "01/11/12" would be interpreted as Jan 11, 2012 while the string "05/04/64" would be interpreted as May 4, 1964. During parsing, only strings consisting of exactly two digits, as defined by {@link Character#isDigit(char)}, will be parsed into the default century. Any other numeric string, such as a one digit string, a three or more digit string, or a two digit string that isn't all digits (for example, "-1"), is interpreted literally. So "01/02/3" or "01/02/003" are parsed, using the same pattern, as Jan 2, 3 AD. Likewise, "01/02/-3" is parsed as Jan 2, 4 BC.

  • Month: If the number of pattern letters is 3 or more, the month is interpreted as text; otherwise, it is interpreted as a number.
  • General time zone: Time zones are interpreted as text if they have names. For time zones representing a GMT offset value, the following syntax is used:
    GMTOffsetTimeZone:
    GMT Sign Hours : Minutes
    Sign: one of
    + -
    Hours:
    Digit
    Digit Digit
    Minutes:
    Digit Digit
    Digit: one of
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    Hours must be between 0 and 23, and Minutes must be between 00 and 59. The format is locale independent and digits must be taken from the Basic Latin block of the Unicode standard.

    For parsing, RFC 822 time zones are also accepted.

  • RFC 822 time zone: For formatting, the RFC 822 4-digit time zone format is used:
    RFC822TimeZone:
    Sign TwoDigitHours Minutes
    TwoDigitHours:
    Digit Digit
    TwoDigitHours must be between 00 and 23. Other definitions are as for general time zones.

    For parsing, general time zones are also accepted.

SimpleDateFormat also supports localized date and time pattern strings. In these strings, the pattern letters described above may be replaced with other, locale dependent, pattern letters. SimpleDateFormat does not deal with the localization of text other than the pattern letters; that's up to the client of the class.

Examples

The following examples show how date and time patterns are interpreted in the U.S. locale. The given date and time are 2001-07-04 12:08:56 local time in the U.S. Pacific Time time zone.
Date and Time Pattern Result
"yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z" 2001.07.04 AD at 12:08:56 PDT
"EEE, MMM d, ''yy" Wed, Jul 4, '01
"h:mm a" 12:08 PM
"hh 'o''clock' a, zzzz" 12 o'clock PM, Pacific Daylight Time
"K:mm a, z" 0:08 PM, PDT
"yyyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa" 02001.July.04 AD 12:08 PM
"EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z" Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700
"yyMMddHHmmssZ" 010704120856-0700
"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ" 2001-07-04T12:08:56.235-0700

Synchronization

Date formats are not synchronized. It is recommended to create separate format instances for each thread. If multiple threads access a format concurrently, it must be synchronized externally.

see
Java Tutorial
see
java.util.Calendar
see
java.util.TimeZone
see
DateFormat
see
DateFormatSymbols
version
1.77, 01/22/04
author
Mark Davis, Chen-Lieh Huang, Alan Liu

Fields Summary
static final long
serialVersionUID
static final int
currentSerialVersion
private int
serialVersionOnStream
The version of the serialized data on the stream. Possible values:
  • 0 or not present on stream: JDK 1.1.3. This version has no defaultCenturyStart on stream.
  • 1 JDK 1.1.4 or later. This version adds defaultCenturyStart.
When streaming out this class, the most recent format and the highest allowable serialVersionOnStream is written.
private String
pattern
The pattern string of this formatter. This is always a non-localized pattern. May not be null. See class documentation for details.
private transient char[]
compiledPattern
The compiled pattern.
private static final int
TAG_QUOTE_ASCII_CHAR
Tags for the compiled pattern.
private static final int
TAG_QUOTE_CHARS
private transient char
zeroDigit
Locale dependent digit zero.
private DateFormatSymbols
formatData
The symbols used by this formatter for week names, month names, etc. May not be null.
private Date
defaultCenturyStart
We map dates with two-digit years into the century starting at defaultCenturyStart, which may be any date. May not be null.
private transient int
defaultCenturyStartYear
private static final int
millisPerHour
private static final int
millisPerMinute
private static final String
GMT
private static Hashtable
cachedLocaleData
Cache to hold the DateTimePatterns of a Locale.
private static Hashtable
cachedNumberFormatData
Cache NumberFormat instances with Locale key.
private static final int[]
PATTERN_INDEX_TO_CALENDAR_FIELD
private static final int[]
PATTERN_INDEX_TO_DATE_FORMAT_FIELD
private static final Field[]
PATTERN_INDEX_TO_DATE_FORMAT_FIELD_ID
Constructors Summary
public SimpleDateFormat()
Constructs a SimpleDateFormat using the default pattern and date format symbols for the default locale. Note: This constructor may not support all locales. For full coverage, use the factory methods in the {@link DateFormat} class.


                                            
      
        this(SHORT, SHORT, Locale.getDefault());
    
public SimpleDateFormat(String pattern)
Constructs a SimpleDateFormat using the given pattern and the default date format symbols for the default locale. Note: This constructor may not support all locales. For full coverage, use the factory methods in the {@link DateFormat} class.

param
pattern the pattern describing the date and time format
exception
NullPointerException if the given pattern is null
exception
IllegalArgumentException if the given pattern is invalid

        this(pattern, Locale.getDefault());
    
public SimpleDateFormat(String pattern, Locale locale)
Constructs a SimpleDateFormat using the given pattern and the default date format symbols for the given locale. Note: This constructor may not support all locales. For full coverage, use the factory methods in the {@link DateFormat} class.

param
pattern the pattern describing the date and time format
param
locale the locale whose date format symbols should be used
exception
NullPointerException if the given pattern is null
exception
IllegalArgumentException if the given pattern is invalid

        this.pattern = pattern;
        this.formatData = new DateFormatSymbols(locale);
        initialize(locale);
    
public SimpleDateFormat(String pattern, DateFormatSymbols formatSymbols)
Constructs a SimpleDateFormat using the given pattern and date format symbols.

param
pattern the pattern describing the date and time format
param
formatSymbols the date format symbols to be used for formatting
exception
NullPointerException if the given pattern or formatSymbols is null
exception
IllegalArgumentException if the given pattern is invalid

        this.pattern = pattern;
        this.formatData = (DateFormatSymbols) formatSymbols.clone();
        initialize(Locale.getDefault());
    
SimpleDateFormat(int timeStyle, int dateStyle, Locale loc)

        /* try the cache first */
        String[] dateTimePatterns = (String[]) cachedLocaleData.get(loc);
        if (dateTimePatterns == null) { /* cache miss */
            ResourceBundle r = LocaleData.getLocaleElements(loc);
            dateTimePatterns = r.getStringArray("DateTimePatterns");
            /* update cache */
            cachedLocaleData.put(loc, dateTimePatterns);
        }
	formatData = new DateFormatSymbols(loc);
	if ((timeStyle >= 0) && (dateStyle >= 0)) {
	    Object[] dateTimeArgs = {dateTimePatterns[timeStyle],
				     dateTimePatterns[dateStyle + 4]};
	    pattern = MessageFormat.format(dateTimePatterns[8], dateTimeArgs);
	}
	else if (timeStyle >= 0) {
	    pattern = dateTimePatterns[timeStyle];
	}
	else if (dateStyle >= 0) {
            pattern = dateTimePatterns[dateStyle + 4];
	}
	else {
	    throw new IllegalArgumentException("No date or time style specified");
	}

	initialize(loc);
    
Methods Summary
public voidapplyLocalizedPattern(java.lang.String pattern)
Applies the given localized pattern string to this date format.

param
pattern a String to be mapped to the new date and time format pattern for this format
exception
NullPointerException if the given pattern is null
exception
IllegalArgumentException if the given pattern is invalid

         String p = translatePattern(pattern,
				     formatData.localPatternChars,
				     formatData.patternChars);
	 compiledPattern = compile(p);
	 this.pattern = p;
    
public voidapplyPattern(java.lang.String pattern)
Applies the given pattern string to this date format.

param
pattern the new date and time pattern for this date format
exception
NullPointerException if the given pattern is null
exception
IllegalArgumentException if the given pattern is invalid

	compiledPattern = compile(pattern);
        this.pattern = pattern;
    
public java.lang.Objectclone()
Creates a copy of this SimpleDateFormat. This also clones the format's date format symbols.

return
a clone of this SimpleDateFormat

        SimpleDateFormat other = (SimpleDateFormat) super.clone();
        other.formatData = (DateFormatSymbols) formatData.clone();
        return other;
    
private char[]compile(java.lang.String pattern)
Returns the compiled form of the given pattern. The syntax of the compiled pattern is:
CompiledPattern: EntryList EntryList: Entry EntryList Entry Entry: TagField TagField data TagField: Tag Length TaggedData Tag: pattern_char_index TAG_QUOTE_CHARS Length: short_length long_length TaggedData: TAG_QUOTE_ASCII_CHAR ascii_char
where `short_length' is an 8-bit unsigned integer between 0 and 254. `long_length' is a sequence of an 8-bit integer 255 and a 32-bit signed integer value which is split into upper and lower 16-bit fields in two char's. `pattern_char_index' is an 8-bit integer between 0 and 18. `ascii_char' is an 7-bit ASCII character value. `data' depends on its Tag value.

If Length is short_length, Tag and short_length are packed in a single char, as illustrated below.

char[0] = (Tag << 8) | short_length;
If Length is long_length, Tag and 255 are packed in the first char and a 32-bit integer, as illustrated below.
char[0] = (Tag << 8) | 255; char[1] = (char) (long_length >>> 16); char[2] = (char) (long_length & 0xffff);

If Tag is a pattern_char_index, its Length is the number of pattern characters. For example, if the given pattern is "yyyy", Tag is 1 and Length is 4, followed by no data.

If Tag is TAG_QUOTE_CHARS, its Length is the number of char's following the TagField. For example, if the given pattern is "'o''clock'", Length is 7 followed by a char sequence of o&nbs;'&nbs;c&nbs;l&nbs;o&nbs;c&nbs;k.

TAG_QUOTE_ASCII_CHAR is a special tag and has an ASCII character in place of Length. For example, if the given pattern is "'o'", the TaggedData entry is ((TAG_QUOTE_ASCII_CHAR&nbs;<<&nbs;8)&nbs;|&nbs;'o').

exception
NullPointerException if the given pattern is null
exception
IllegalArgumentException if the given pattern is invalid

	int length = pattern.length();
	boolean inQuote = false;
	StringBuilder compiledPattern = new StringBuilder(length * 2);
	StringBuilder tmpBuffer = null;
	int count = 0;
	int lastTag = -1;

	for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
	    char c = pattern.charAt(i);

	    if (c == '\'") {
		// '' is treated as a single quote regardless of being
		// in a quoted section.
		if ((i + 1) < length) {
		    c = pattern.charAt(i + 1);
		    if (c == '\'") {
			i++;
			if (count != 0) {
			    encode(lastTag, count, compiledPattern);
			    lastTag = -1;
			    count = 0;
			}
			if (inQuote) {
			    tmpBuffer.append(c);
			} else {
			    compiledPattern.append((char)(TAG_QUOTE_ASCII_CHAR << 8 | c));
			}
			continue;
		    }
		}
		if (!inQuote) {
		    if (count != 0) {
			encode(lastTag, count, compiledPattern);
			lastTag = -1;
			count = 0;
		    }
		    if (tmpBuffer == null) {
			tmpBuffer = new StringBuilder(length);
		    } else {
			tmpBuffer.setLength(0);
		    }
		    inQuote = true;
		} else {
		    int len = tmpBuffer.length();
		    if (len == 1) {
			char ch = tmpBuffer.charAt(0);
			if (ch < 128) {
			    compiledPattern.append((char)(TAG_QUOTE_ASCII_CHAR << 8 | ch));
			} else {
			    compiledPattern.append((char)(TAG_QUOTE_CHARS << 8 | 1));
			    compiledPattern.append(ch);
			}
		    } else {
			encode(TAG_QUOTE_CHARS, len, compiledPattern);
			compiledPattern.append(tmpBuffer);
		    }
		    inQuote = false;
		}
		continue;
	    }
	    if (inQuote) {
		tmpBuffer.append(c);
		continue;
	    }
	    if (!(c >= 'a" && c <= 'z" || c >= 'A" && c <= 'Z")) {
		if (count != 0) {
		    encode(lastTag, count, compiledPattern);
		    lastTag = -1;
		    count = 0;
		}
		if (c < 128) {
		    // In most cases, c would be a delimiter, such as ':'.
		    compiledPattern.append((char)(TAG_QUOTE_ASCII_CHAR << 8 | c));
		} else {
		    // Take any contiguous non-ASCII alphabet characters and
		    // put them in a single TAG_QUOTE_CHARS.
		    int j;
		    for (j = i + 1; j < length; j++) {
			char d = pattern.charAt(j);
			if (d == '\'" || (d >= 'a" && d <= 'z" || d >= 'A" && d <= 'Z")) {
			    break;
			}
		    }
		    compiledPattern.append((char)(TAG_QUOTE_CHARS << 8 | (j - i)));
		    for (; i < j; i++) {
			compiledPattern.append(pattern.charAt(i));
		    }
		    i--; 
		}
		continue;
	    }

	    int tag;
	    if ((tag = formatData.patternChars.indexOf(c)) == -1) {
		throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal pattern character " +
						   "'" + c + "'");
	    }
	    if (lastTag == -1 || lastTag == tag) {
		lastTag = tag;
		count++;
		continue;
	    }
	    encode(lastTag, count, compiledPattern);
	    lastTag = tag;
	    count = 1;
	}

	if (inQuote) {
	    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unterminated quote");
	}

	if (count != 0) {
	    encode(lastTag, count, compiledPattern);
	}

	// Copy the compiled pattern to a char array
	int len = compiledPattern.length();
	char[] r = new char[len];
	compiledPattern.getChars(0, len, r, 0);
	return r;
    
private static final voidencode(int tag, int length, java.lang.StringBuilder buffer)
Encodes the given tag and length and puts encoded char(s) into buffer.

	if (length < 255) {
	    buffer.append((char)(tag << 8 | length));
	} else {
	    buffer.append((char)((tag << 8) | 0xff));
	    buffer.append((char)(length >>> 16));
	    buffer.append((char)(length & 0xffff));
	}
    
public booleanequals(java.lang.Object obj)
Compares the given object with this SimpleDateFormat for equality.

return
true if the given object is equal to this SimpleDateFormat

        if (!super.equals(obj)) return false; // super does class check
        SimpleDateFormat that = (SimpleDateFormat) obj;
        return (pattern.equals(that.pattern)
                && formatData.equals(that.formatData));
    
public java.lang.StringBufferformat(java.util.Date date, java.lang.StringBuffer toAppendTo, java.text.FieldPosition pos)
Formats the given Date into a date/time string and appends the result to the given StringBuffer.

param
date the date-time value to be formatted into a date-time string.
param
toAppendTo where the new date-time text is to be appended.
param
pos the formatting position. On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field.
return
the formatted date-time string.
exception
NullPointerException if the given date is null

        pos.beginIndex = pos.endIndex = 0;
        return format(date, toAppendTo, pos.getFieldDelegate());
    
private java.lang.StringBufferformat(java.util.Date date, java.lang.StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldDelegate delegate)

        // Convert input date to time field list
        calendar.setTime(date);

        for (int i = 0; i < compiledPattern.length; ) {
            int tag = compiledPattern[i] >>> 8;
	    int count = compiledPattern[i++] & 0xff;
	    if (count == 255) {
		count = compiledPattern[i++] << 16;
		count |= compiledPattern[i++];
	    }

	    switch (tag) {
	    case TAG_QUOTE_ASCII_CHAR:
		toAppendTo.append((char)count);
		break;

	    case TAG_QUOTE_CHARS:
		toAppendTo.append(compiledPattern, i, count);
		i += count;
		break;

	    default:
                subFormat(tag, count, delegate, toAppendTo);
		break;
	    }
	}
        return toAppendTo;
    
public java.text.AttributedCharacterIteratorformatToCharacterIterator(java.lang.Object obj)
Formats an Object producing an AttributedCharacterIterator. You can use the returned AttributedCharacterIterator to build the resulting String, as well as to determine information about the resulting String.

Each attribute key of the AttributedCharacterIterator will be of type DateFormat.Field, with the corresponding attribute value being the same as the attribute key.

exception
NullPointerException if obj is null.
exception
IllegalArgumentException if the Format cannot format the given object, or if the Format's pattern string is invalid.
param
obj The object to format
return
AttributedCharacterIterator describing the formatted value.
since
1.4

        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        CharacterIteratorFieldDelegate delegate = new
                         CharacterIteratorFieldDelegate();

        if (obj instanceof Date) {
            format((Date)obj, sb, delegate);
        }
        else if (obj instanceof Number) {
            format(new Date(((Number)obj).longValue()), sb, delegate);
        }
        else if (obj == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException(
                   "formatToCharacterIterator must be passed non-null object");
        }
        else {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                             "Cannot format given Object as a Date");
        }
        return delegate.getIterator(sb.toString());
    
public java.util.Dateget2DigitYearStart()
Returns the beginning date of the 100-year period 2-digit years are interpreted as being within.

return
the start of the 100-year period into which two digit years are parsed
see
#set2DigitYearStart
since
1.2

        return defaultCenturyStart;
    
public java.text.DateFormatSymbolsgetDateFormatSymbols()
Gets a copy of the date and time format symbols of this date format.

return
the date and time format symbols of this date format
see
#setDateFormatSymbols

        return (DateFormatSymbols)formatData.clone();
    
public inthashCode()
Returns the hash code value for this SimpleDateFormat object.

return
the hash code value for this SimpleDateFormat object.

        return pattern.hashCode();
        // just enough fields for a reasonable distribution
    
private voidinitialize(java.util.Locale loc)

	// Verify and compile the given pattern.
	compiledPattern = compile(pattern);

        // The format object must be constructed using the symbols for this zone.
        // However, the calendar should use the current default TimeZone.
        // If this is not contained in the locale zone strings, then the zone
        // will be formatted using generic GMT+/-H:MM nomenclature.
        calendar = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getDefault(), loc);

        /* try the cache first */
        numberFormat = (NumberFormat) cachedNumberFormatData.get(loc);
        if (numberFormat == null) { /* cache miss */
            numberFormat = NumberFormat.getIntegerInstance(loc);
            numberFormat.setGroupingUsed(false);

            /* update cache */
            cachedNumberFormatData.put(loc, numberFormat);
        }
        numberFormat = (NumberFormat) numberFormat.clone();

        initializeDefaultCentury();
    
private voidinitializeDefaultCentury()

        calendar.setTime( new Date() );
        calendar.add( Calendar.YEAR, -80 );
        parseAmbiguousDatesAsAfter(calendar.getTime());
    
private booleanmatchDSTString(java.lang.String text, int start, int zoneIndex, int standardIndex)

	int index = standardIndex + 2;
	String zoneName  = formatData.zoneStrings[zoneIndex][index];
	if (text.regionMatches(true, start,
			       zoneName, 0, zoneName.length())) {
	    return true;
	}
	return false;
    
private intmatchString(java.lang.String text, int start, int field, java.lang.String[] data)
Private code-size reduction function used by subParse.

param
text the time text being parsed.
param
start where to start parsing.
param
field the date field being parsed.
param
data the string array to parsed.
return
the new start position if matching succeeded; a negative number indicating matching failure, otherwise.

        int i = 0;
        int count = data.length;

        if (field == Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) i = 1;

        // There may be multiple strings in the data[] array which begin with
        // the same prefix (e.g., Cerven and Cervenec (June and July) in Czech).
        // We keep track of the longest match, and return that.  Note that this
        // unfortunately requires us to test all array elements.
        int bestMatchLength = 0, bestMatch = -1;
        for (; i<count; ++i)
        {
            int length = data[i].length();
            // Always compare if we have no match yet; otherwise only compare
            // against potentially better matches (longer strings).
            if (length > bestMatchLength &&
                text.regionMatches(true, start, data[i], 0, length))
            {
                bestMatch = i;
                bestMatchLength = length;
            }
        }
        if (bestMatch >= 0)
        {
            calendar.set(field, bestMatch);
            return start + bestMatchLength;
        }
        return -start;
    
private intmatchZoneString(java.lang.String text, int start, int zoneIndex)

	for (int j = 1; j <= 4; ++j) {
	    // Checking long and short zones [1 & 2],
	    // and long and short daylight [3 & 4].
	    String zoneName = formatData.zoneStrings[zoneIndex][j];
	    if (text.regionMatches(true, start,
				   zoneName, 0, zoneName.length())) {
		return j;
	    }
	}
	return -1;
    
public java.util.Dateparse(java.lang.String text, java.text.ParsePosition pos)
Parses text from a string to produce a Date.

The method attempts to parse text starting at the index given by pos. If parsing succeeds, then the index of pos is updated to the index after the last character used (parsing does not necessarily use all characters up to the end of the string), and the parsed date is returned. The updated pos can be used to indicate the starting point for the next call to this method. If an error occurs, then the index of pos is not changed, the error index of pos is set to the index of the character where the error occurred, and null is returned.

param
text A String, part of which should be parsed.
param
pos A ParsePosition object with index and error index information as described above.
return
A Date parsed from the string. In case of error, returns null.
exception
NullPointerException if text or pos is null.

        int start = pos.index;
        int oldStart = start;
	int textLength = text.length();

        boolean[] ambiguousYear = {false};

        calendar.clear(); // Clears all the time fields

        for (int i = 0; i < compiledPattern.length; ) {
            int tag = compiledPattern[i] >>> 8;
	    int count = compiledPattern[i++] & 0xff;
	    if (count == 255) {
		count = compiledPattern[i++] << 16;
		count |= compiledPattern[i++];
	    }

	    switch (tag) {
	    case TAG_QUOTE_ASCII_CHAR:
		if (start >= textLength || text.charAt(start) != (char)count) {
		    pos.index = oldStart;
		    pos.errorIndex = start;
		    return null;
		}
		start++;
		break;

	    case TAG_QUOTE_CHARS:
		while (count-- > 0) {
		    if (start >= textLength || text.charAt(start) != compiledPattern[i++]) {
			pos.index = oldStart;
			pos.errorIndex = start;
			return null;
		    }
		    start++;
		}
		break;

	    default:
		// Peek the next pattern to determine if we need to
		// obey the number of pattern letters for
		// parsing. It's required when parsing contiguous
		// digit text (e.g., "20010704") with a pattern which
		// has no delimiters between fields, like "yyyyMMdd".
		boolean obeyCount = false;
		if (i < compiledPattern.length) {
		    int nextTag = compiledPattern[i] >>> 8;
		    if (!(nextTag == TAG_QUOTE_ASCII_CHAR || nextTag == TAG_QUOTE_CHARS)) {
			obeyCount = true;
		    }
		}
		start = subParse(text, start, tag, count, obeyCount,
				 ambiguousYear, pos);
		if (start < 0) {
		    pos.index = oldStart;
		    return null;
		}
	    }
	}

        // At this point the fields of Calendar have been set.  Calendar
        // will fill in default values for missing fields when the time
        // is computed.

        pos.index = start;

        // This part is a problem:  When we call parsedDate.after, we compute the time.
        // Take the date April 3 2004 at 2:30 am.  When this is first set up, the year
        // will be wrong if we're parsing a 2-digit year pattern.  It will be 1904.
        // April 3 1904 is a Sunday (unlike 2004) so it is the DST onset day.  2:30 am
        // is therefore an "impossible" time, since the time goes from 1:59 to 3:00 am
        // on that day.  It is therefore parsed out to fields as 3:30 am.  Then we
        // add 100 years, and get April 3 2004 at 3:30 am.  Note that April 3 2004 is
        // a Saturday, so it can have a 2:30 am -- and it should. [LIU]
        /*
        Date parsedDate = calendar.getTime();
        if( ambiguousYear[0] && !parsedDate.after(defaultCenturyStart) ) {
            calendar.add(Calendar.YEAR, 100);
            parsedDate = calendar.getTime();
        }
        */
        // Because of the above condition, save off the fields in case we need to readjust.
        // The procedure we use here is not particularly efficient, but there is no other
        // way to do this given the API restrictions present in Calendar.  We minimize
        // inefficiency by only performing this computation when it might apply, that is,
        // when the two-digit year is equal to the start year, and thus might fall at the
        // front or the back of the default century.  This only works because we adjust
        // the year correctly to start with in other cases -- see subParse().
        Date parsedDate;
        try {
            if (ambiguousYear[0]) // If this is true then the two-digit year == the default start year
            {
                // We need a copy of the fields, and we need to avoid triggering a call to
                // complete(), which will recalculate the fields.  Since we can't access
                // the fields[] array in Calendar, we clone the entire object.  This will
                // stop working if Calendar.clone() is ever rewritten to call complete().
                Calendar savedCalendar = (Calendar)calendar.clone();
                parsedDate = calendar.getTime();
                if (parsedDate.before(defaultCenturyStart))
                {
                    // We can't use add here because that does a complete() first.
                    savedCalendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, defaultCenturyStartYear + 100);
                    parsedDate = savedCalendar.getTime();
                }
            }
            else parsedDate = calendar.getTime();
        }
        // An IllegalArgumentException will be thrown by Calendar.getTime()
        // if any fields are out of range, e.g., MONTH == 17.
        catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            pos.errorIndex = start;
            pos.index = oldStart;
            return null;
        }

        return parsedDate;
    
private voidparseAmbiguousDatesAsAfter(java.util.Date startDate)

        defaultCenturyStart = startDate;
        calendar.setTime(startDate);
        defaultCenturyStartYear = calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
    
private voidreadObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream stream)
After reading an object from the input stream, the format pattern in the object is verified.

exception
InvalidObjectException if the pattern is invalid

	stream.defaultReadObject();

	try {
	    compiledPattern = compile(pattern);
	} catch (Exception e) {
	    throw new InvalidObjectException("invalid pattern");
	}

	if (serialVersionOnStream < 1) {
	    // didn't have defaultCenturyStart field
	    initializeDefaultCentury();
	}
	else {
	    // fill in dependent transient field
	    parseAmbiguousDatesAsAfter(defaultCenturyStart);
	}
	serialVersionOnStream = currentSerialVersion;

	// If the deserialized object has a SimpleTimeZone, try
	// to replace it with a ZoneInfo equivalent in order to
	// be compatible with the SimpleTimeZone-based
	// implementation as much as possible.
	TimeZone tz = getTimeZone();
	if (tz instanceof SimpleTimeZone) {
	    String id = tz.getID();
	    TimeZone zi = TimeZone.getTimeZone(id);
	    if (zi != null && zi.hasSameRules(tz) && zi.getID().equals(id)) {
		setTimeZone(zi);
	    }
	}
    
public voidset2DigitYearStart(java.util.Date startDate)
Sets the 100-year period 2-digit years will be interpreted as being in to begin on the date the user specifies.

param
startDate During parsing, two digit years will be placed in the range startDate to startDate + 100 years.
see
#get2DigitYearStart
since
1.2

        parseAmbiguousDatesAsAfter(startDate);
    
public voidsetDateFormatSymbols(java.text.DateFormatSymbols newFormatSymbols)
Sets the date and time format symbols of this date format.

param
newFormatSymbols the new date and time format symbols
exception
NullPointerException if the given newFormatSymbols is null
see
#getDateFormatSymbols

        this.formatData = (DateFormatSymbols)newFormatSymbols.clone();
    
private voidsubFormat(int patternCharIndex, int count, FieldDelegate delegate, java.lang.StringBuffer buffer)
Private member function that does the real date/time formatting.


                  
         
			      
    
        int     maxIntCount = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        String  current = null;
        int     beginOffset = buffer.length();

        int field = PATTERN_INDEX_TO_CALENDAR_FIELD[patternCharIndex];
        int value = calendar.get(field);

	// Note: zeroPaddingNumber() assumes that maxDigits is either
	// 2 or maxIntCount. If we make any changes to this,
	// zeroPaddingNumber() must be fixed.

        switch (patternCharIndex) {
        case 0: // 'G' - ERA
            current = formatData.eras[value];
            break;
        case 1: // 'y' - YEAR
            if (count >= 4)
		zeroPaddingNumber(value, count, maxIntCount, buffer);
            else // count < 4
		zeroPaddingNumber(value, 2, 2, buffer); // clip 1996 to 96
            break;
        case 2: // 'M' - MONTH
            if (count >= 4)
                current = formatData.months[value];
            else if (count == 3)
                current = formatData.shortMonths[value];
            else
		zeroPaddingNumber(value+1, count, maxIntCount, buffer);
            break;
        case 4: // 'k' - HOUR_OF_DAY: 1-based.  eg, 23:59 + 1 hour =>> 24:59
            if (value == 0)
		zeroPaddingNumber(calendar.getMaximum(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY)+1,
                                            count, maxIntCount, buffer);
            else
		zeroPaddingNumber(value, count, maxIntCount, buffer);
            break;
        case 9: // 'E' - DAY_OF_WEEK
            if (count >= 4)
                current = formatData.weekdays[value];
            else // count < 4, use abbreviated form if exists
                current = formatData.shortWeekdays[value];
            break;
        case 14:    // 'a' - AM_PM
            current = formatData.ampms[value];
            break;
        case 15: // 'h' - HOUR:1-based.  eg, 11PM + 1 hour =>> 12 AM
            if (value == 0)
		zeroPaddingNumber(calendar.getLeastMaximum(Calendar.HOUR)+1,
				  count, maxIntCount, buffer);
            else
		zeroPaddingNumber(value, count, maxIntCount, buffer);
            break;
        case 17: // 'z' - ZONE_OFFSET
            int zoneIndex =
                formatData.getZoneIndex(calendar.getTimeZone().getID());
            if (zoneIndex == -1) {
                value = calendar.get(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET) +
                    calendar.get(Calendar.DST_OFFSET);
		buffer.append(ZoneInfoFile.toCustomID(value));
            } else {
		int index = (calendar.get(Calendar.DST_OFFSET) == 0) ? 1: 3;
                if (count < 4) {
		    // Use the short name
		    index++;
		}
		buffer.append(formatData.zoneStrings[zoneIndex][index]);
            }
            break;
        case 18: // 'Z' - ZONE_OFFSET ("-/+hhmm" form)
            value = (calendar.get(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET) +
		     calendar.get(Calendar.DST_OFFSET)) / 60000;

	    int width = 4;
            if (value >= 0) {
		buffer.append('+");
	    } else {
                width++;
            }

            int num = (value / 60) * 100 + (value % 60);
	    CalendarUtils.sprintf0d(buffer, num, width);
            break;
        default:
            // case 3: // 'd' - DATE
            // case 5: // 'H' - HOUR_OF_DAY:0-based.  eg, 23:59 + 1 hour =>> 00:59
            // case 6: // 'm' - MINUTE
            // case 7: // 's' - SECOND
            // case 8: // 'S' - MILLISECOND
            // case 10: // 'D' - DAY_OF_YEAR
            // case 11: // 'F' - DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH
            // case 12: // 'w' - WEEK_OF_YEAR
            // case 13: // 'W' - WEEK_OF_MONTH
            // case 16: // 'K' - HOUR: 0-based.  eg, 11PM + 1 hour =>> 0 AM
	    zeroPaddingNumber(value, count, maxIntCount, buffer);
            break;
        } // switch (patternCharIndex)

	if (current != null) {
	    buffer.append(current);
	}

        int fieldID = PATTERN_INDEX_TO_DATE_FORMAT_FIELD[patternCharIndex];
        Field f = PATTERN_INDEX_TO_DATE_FORMAT_FIELD_ID[patternCharIndex];

        delegate.formatted(fieldID, f, f, beginOffset, buffer.length(), buffer);
    
private intsubParse(java.lang.String text, int start, int patternCharIndex, int count, boolean obeyCount, boolean[] ambiguousYear, java.text.ParsePosition origPos)
Private member function that converts the parsed date strings into timeFields. Returns -start (for ParsePosition) if failed.

param
text the time text to be parsed.
param
start where to start parsing.
param
ch the pattern character for the date field text to be parsed.
param
count the count of a pattern character.
param
obeyCount if true, then the next field directly abuts this one, and we should use the count to know when to stop parsing.
param
ambiguousYear return parameter; upon return, if ambiguousYear[0] is true, then a two-digit year was parsed and may need to be readjusted.
param
origPos origPos.errorIndex is used to return an error index at which a parse error occurred, if matching failure occurs.
return
the new start position if matching succeeded; -1 indicating matching failure, otherwise. In case matching failure occurred, an error index is set to origPos.errorIndex.

        Number number = null;
        int value = 0;
        ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
        pos.index = start;
        int field = PATTERN_INDEX_TO_CALENDAR_FIELD[patternCharIndex];

        // If there are any spaces here, skip over them.  If we hit the end
        // of the string, then fail.
        for (;;) {
            if (pos.index >= text.length()) {
                origPos.errorIndex = start;
                return -1;
            }
            char c = text.charAt(pos.index);
            if (c != ' " && c != '\t") break;
            ++pos.index;
        }

        // We handle a few special cases here where we need to parse
        // a number value.  We handle further, more generic cases below.  We need
        // to handle some of them here because some fields require extra processing on
        // the parsed value.
        if (patternCharIndex == 4 /*HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD*/ ||
            patternCharIndex == 15 /*HOUR1_FIELD*/ ||
            (patternCharIndex == 2 /*MONTH_FIELD*/ && count <= 2) ||
            patternCharIndex == 1)
        {
            // It would be good to unify this with the obeyCount logic below,
            // but that's going to be difficult.
            if (obeyCount)
            {
                if ((start+count) > text.length()) {
                    origPos.errorIndex = start;
                    return -1;
                }
                number = numberFormat.parse(text.substring(0, start+count), pos);
            }
            else number = numberFormat.parse(text, pos);
            if (number == null) {
                origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                return -1;
            }
            value = number.intValue();
        }

        int index;
        switch (patternCharIndex)
        {
        case 0: // 'G' - ERA
            if ((index = matchString(text, start, Calendar.ERA, formatData.eras)) > 0) {
                return index;
            } else {
                origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                return -1;
            }
        case 1: // 'y' - YEAR
            // If there are 3 or more YEAR pattern characters, this indicates
            // that the year value is to be treated literally, without any
            // two-digit year adjustments (e.g., from "01" to 2001).  Otherwise
            // we made adjustments to place the 2-digit year in the proper
            // century, for parsed strings from "00" to "99".  Any other string
            // is treated literally:  "2250", "-1", "1", "002".
            if (count <= 2 && (pos.index - start) == 2
                && Character.isDigit(text.charAt(start))
                && Character.isDigit(text.charAt(start+1)))
            {
                // Assume for example that the defaultCenturyStart is 6/18/1903.
                // This means that two-digit years will be forced into the range
                // 6/18/1903 to 6/17/2003.  As a result, years 00, 01, and 02
                // correspond to 2000, 2001, and 2002.  Years 04, 05, etc. correspond
                // to 1904, 1905, etc.  If the year is 03, then it is 2003 if the
                // other fields specify a date before 6/18, or 1903 if they specify a
                // date afterwards.  As a result, 03 is an ambiguous year.  All other
                // two-digit years are unambiguous.
                int ambiguousTwoDigitYear = defaultCenturyStartYear % 100;
                ambiguousYear[0] = value == ambiguousTwoDigitYear;
                value += (defaultCenturyStartYear/100)*100 +
                    (value < ambiguousTwoDigitYear ? 100 : 0);
            }
            calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, value);
            return pos.index;
        case 2: // 'M' - MONTH
            if (count <= 2) // i.e., M or MM.
            {
                // Don't want to parse the month if it is a string
                // while pattern uses numeric style: M or MM.
                // [We computed 'value' above.]
                calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, value - 1);
                return pos.index;
            }
            else
            {
                // count >= 3 // i.e., MMM or MMMM
                // Want to be able to parse both short and long forms.
                // Try count == 4 first:
                int newStart = 0;
                if ((newStart=matchString(text, start, Calendar.MONTH,
                                          formatData.months)) > 0)
                    return newStart;
                else // count == 4 failed, now try count == 3
                    if ((index = matchString(text, start, Calendar.MONTH,
                                       formatData.shortMonths)) > 0) {
                        return index;
                    } else {
                        origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                        return -1;
                    }
            }
        case 4: // 'k' - HOUR_OF_DAY: 1-based.  eg, 23:59 + 1 hour =>> 24:59
            // [We computed 'value' above.]
            if (value == calendar.getMaximum(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY)+1) value = 0;
            calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, value);
            return pos.index;
        case 9: { // 'E' - DAY_OF_WEEK
            // Want to be able to parse both short and long forms.
            // Try count == 4 (DDDD) first:
            int newStart = 0;
            if ((newStart=matchString(text, start, Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK,
                                      formatData.weekdays)) > 0)
                return newStart;
            else // DDDD failed, now try DDD
                if ((index = matchString(text, start, Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK,
                                   formatData.shortWeekdays)) > 0) {
                    return index;
                } else {
                    origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                    return -1;
                }
        }
        case 14:    // 'a' - AM_PM
            if ((index = matchString(text, start, Calendar.AM_PM, formatData.ampms)) > 0) {
                return index;
            } else {
                origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                return -1;
            }

        case 15: // 'h' - HOUR:1-based.  eg, 11PM + 1 hour =>> 12 AM
            // [We computed 'value' above.]
            if (value == calendar.getLeastMaximum(Calendar.HOUR)+1) value = 0;
            calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR, value);
            return pos.index;
        case 17: // 'z' - ZONE_OFFSET
        case 18: // 'Z' - ZONE_OFFSET
            // First try to parse generic forms such as GMT-07:00. Do this first
            // in case localized DateFormatZoneData contains the string "GMT"
            // for a zone; in that case, we don't want to match the first three
            // characters of GMT+/-hh:mm etc.
            {
                int sign = 0;
                int offset;

                // For time zones that have no known names, look for strings
                // of the form:
                //    GMT[+-]hours:minutes or
                //    GMT.
                if ((text.length() - start) >= GMT.length() &&
                    text.regionMatches(true, start, GMT, 0, GMT.length())) {
                    int num;
                    calendar.set(Calendar.DST_OFFSET, 0);
                    pos.index = start + GMT.length();

                    try { // try-catch for "GMT" only time zone string
                        if( text.charAt(pos.index) == '+" ) {
                            sign = 1;
                        } else if( text.charAt(pos.index) == '-" ) {
                            sign = -1;
                        } 
                    }
                    catch(StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {}

                    if (sign == 0) {	/* "GMT" without offset */
                        calendar.set(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET, 0 );
                        return pos.index;
                    }

                    // Look for hours.
                    try {
                        char c = text.charAt(++pos.index);
                        if (c < '0" || c > '9") { /* must be from '0' to '9'. */
                            origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                            return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                        } else {
                            num = c - '0";
                        }
                        if (text.charAt(++pos.index) != ':") {
                            c = text.charAt(pos.index);
                            if (c < '0" || c > '9") { /* must be from '0' to '9'. */
                                origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                                return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                            } else {
                                num *= 10;
                                num += c - '0";
                                pos.index++;
                            }
                        }
                        if (num > 23) {
                            origPos.errorIndex = pos.index - 1;
                            return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                        }
                        if  (text.charAt(pos.index) != ':") {
                            origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                            return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                        }
                    }
                    catch(StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
                        origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                        return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                    }

                    // Look for minutes.
                    offset = num * 60;
                    try {
                        char c = text.charAt(++pos.index);
                        if (c < '0" || c > '9") { /* must be from '0' to '9'. */
                            origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                            return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                        } else {
                            num = c - '0";
                            c = text.charAt(++pos.index);
                            if (c < '0" || c > '9") { /* must be from '0' to '9'. */
                                origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                                return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                            } else {
                                num *= 10;
                                num += c - '0";
                            }
                        }

                        if (num > 59) {
                            origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                            return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                        }
                    }
                    catch(StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
                        origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                        return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                    }
                    offset += num;

                    // Fall through for final processing below of 'offset' and 'sign'.
                }
                else {
                    // At this point, check for named time zones by looking through
                    // the locale data from the DateFormatZoneData strings.
                    // Want to be able to parse both short and long forms.
                    int i = subParseZoneString(text, pos.index);
                    if (i != 0) {
                        return i;
                    }

                    // As a last resort, look for numeric timezones of the form
                    // [+-]hhmm as specified by RFC 822.  This code is actually
                    // a little more permissive than RFC 822.  It will try to do
                    // its best with numbers that aren't strictly 4 digits long.
                    try {
                        if( text.charAt(pos.index) == '+" ) {
                            sign = 1;
                        } else if( text.charAt(pos.index) == '-" ) {
                            sign = -1;
                        } 
                        if (sign == 0) {
                            origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                            return -1;
                        }

                        // Look for hh.
                        int hours = 0;
                        char c = text.charAt(++pos.index);
                        if (c < '0" || c > '9") { /* must be from '0' to '9'. */
                            origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                            return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                        } else {
                            hours = c - '0";
                            c = text.charAt(++pos.index);
                            if (c < '0" || c > '9") { /* must be from '0' to '9'. */
                                origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                                return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                            } else {
                                hours *= 10;
                                hours += c - '0";
                            }
                        }
                        if (hours > 23) {
                            origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                            return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                        }

                        // Look for mm.
                        int minutes = 0;
                        c = text.charAt(++pos.index);
                        if (c < '0" || c > '9") { /* must be from '0' to '9'. */
                            origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                            return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                        } else {
                            minutes = c - '0";
                            c = text.charAt(++pos.index);
                            if (c < '0" || c > '9") { /* must be from '0' to '9'. */
                                origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                                return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                            } else {
                                minutes *= 10;
                                minutes += c - '0";
                            }
                        }

                        if (minutes > 59) {
                            origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                            return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                        }

                        offset = hours * 60 + minutes;
                    } catch(StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
                        origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                        return -1;   // Wasn't actually a number.
                    }
                }

                // Do the final processing for both of the above cases.  We only
                // arrive here if the form GMT+/-... or an RFC 822 form was seen.
                if (sign != 0)
                {
                    offset *= millisPerMinute * sign;
                    calendar.set(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET, offset);
                    calendar.set(Calendar.DST_OFFSET, 0);
                    return ++pos.index;
                }
            }

            // All efforts to parse a zone failed.
            origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
            return -1;

        default:
            // case 3: // 'd' - DATE
            // case 5: // 'H' - HOUR_OF_DAY:0-based.  eg, 23:59 + 1 hour =>> 00:59
            // case 6: // 'm' - MINUTE
            // case 7: // 's' - SECOND
            // case 8: // 'S' - MILLISECOND
            // case 10: // 'D' - DAY_OF_YEAR
            // case 11: // 'F' - DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH
            // case 12: // 'w' - WEEK_OF_YEAR
            // case 13: // 'W' - WEEK_OF_MONTH
            // case 16: // 'K' - HOUR: 0-based.  eg, 11PM + 1 hour =>> 0 AM

            // Handle "generic" fields
            if (obeyCount)
            {
                if ((start+count) > text.length()) {
                    origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
                    return -1;
                }
                number = numberFormat.parse(text.substring(0, start+count), pos);
            }
            else number = numberFormat.parse(text, pos);
            if (number != null) {
                calendar.set(field, number.intValue());
                return pos.index;
            }
            origPos.errorIndex = pos.index;
            return -1;
        }
    
private intsubParseZoneString(java.lang.String text, int start)
find time zone 'text' matched zoneStrings and set to internal calendar.

	boolean useSameName = false; // true if standard and daylight time use the same abbreviation.
	TimeZone currentTimeZone = getTimeZone();

	// At this point, check for named time zones by looking through
	// the locale data from the DateFormatZoneData strings.
	// Want to be able to parse both short and long forms.
	int zoneIndex = 
	    formatData.getZoneIndex (currentTimeZone.getID());
	TimeZone tz = null;
	int j = 0, i = 0;
	if ((zoneIndex != -1) && ((j = matchZoneString(text, start, zoneIndex)) > 0)) {
	    if (j <= 2) {
		useSameName = matchDSTString(text, start, zoneIndex, j);
	    }
	    tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone(formatData.zoneStrings[zoneIndex][0]);
	    i = zoneIndex;
	}
	if (tz == null) {
	    zoneIndex = 
		formatData.getZoneIndex (TimeZone.getDefault().getID());
	    if ((zoneIndex != -1) && ((j = matchZoneString(text, start, zoneIndex)) > 0)) {
		if (j <= 2) {
		    useSameName = matchDSTString(text, start, zoneIndex, j);
		}
		tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone(formatData.zoneStrings[zoneIndex][0]);
		i = zoneIndex;
	    }
	}	    

	if (tz == null) {
	    for (i = 0; i < formatData.zoneStrings.length; i++) {
		if ((j = matchZoneString(text, start, i)) > 0) {
		    if (j <= 2) {
			useSameName = matchDSTString(text, start, i, j);
		    }
		    tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone(formatData.zoneStrings[i][0]);
		    break;
		}
	    }
	}
	if (tz != null) { // Matched any ?
	    if (!tz.equals(currentTimeZone)) {
		setTimeZone(tz);
	    }
	    // If the time zone matched uses the same name
	    // (abbreviation) for both standard and daylight time,
	    // let the time zone in the Calendar decide which one.
	    if (!useSameName) {
		calendar.set(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET, tz.getRawOffset());
		calendar.set(Calendar.DST_OFFSET, 
			     j >= 3 ? tz.getDSTSavings() : 0);
	    }
	    return (start + formatData.zoneStrings[i][j].length());
	}
	return 0;
    
public java.lang.StringtoLocalizedPattern()
Returns a localized pattern string describing this date format.

return
a localized pattern string describing this date format.

        return translatePattern(pattern,
                                formatData.patternChars,
                                formatData.localPatternChars);
    
public java.lang.StringtoPattern()
Returns a pattern string describing this date format.

return
a pattern string describing this date format.

        return pattern;
    
private java.lang.StringtranslatePattern(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String from, java.lang.String to)
Translates a pattern, mapping each character in the from string to the corresponding character in the to string.

exception
IllegalArgumentException if the given pattern is invalid

        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
        boolean inQuote = false;
        for (int i = 0; i < pattern.length(); ++i) {
            char c = pattern.charAt(i);
            if (inQuote) {
                if (c == '\'")
                    inQuote = false;
            }
            else {
                if (c == '\'")
                    inQuote = true;
                else if ((c >= 'a" && c <= 'z") || (c >= 'A" && c <= 'Z")) {
                    int ci = from.indexOf(c);
                    if (ci == -1)
                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal pattern " +
                                                           " character '" +
                                                           c + "'");
                    c = to.charAt(ci);
                }
            }
            result.append(c);
        }
        if (inQuote)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unfinished quote in pattern");
        return result.toString();
    
private final voidzeroPaddingNumber(int value, int minDigits, int maxDigits, java.lang.StringBuffer buffer)
Formats a number with the specified minimum and maximum number of digits.

	// Optimization for 1, 2 and 4 digit numbers. This should
	// cover most cases of formatting date/time related items.
	// Note: This optimization code assumes that maxDigits is
	// either 2 or Integer.MAX_VALUE (maxIntCount in format()).
	try {
	    if (zeroDigit == 0) {
		zeroDigit = ((DecimalFormat)numberFormat).getDecimalFormatSymbols().getZeroDigit();
	    }
	    if (value >= 0) {
		if (value < 100 && minDigits >= 1 && minDigits <= 2) {
		    if (value < 10) {
			if (minDigits == 2) {
			    buffer.append(zeroDigit);
			}
			buffer.append((char)(zeroDigit + value));
		    } else {
			buffer.append((char)(zeroDigit + value / 10));
			buffer.append((char)(zeroDigit + value % 10));
		    }
		    return;
		} else if (value >= 1000 && value < 10000) {
		    if (minDigits == 4) {
			buffer.append((char)(zeroDigit + value / 1000));
			value %= 1000;
			buffer.append((char)(zeroDigit + value / 100));
			value %= 100;
			buffer.append((char)(zeroDigit + value / 10));
			buffer.append((char)(zeroDigit + value % 10));
			return;
		    }
		    if (minDigits == 2 && maxDigits == 2) {
			zeroPaddingNumber(value % 100, 2, 2, buffer);
			return;
		    }
		}
	    }
	} catch (Exception e) {
	}

        numberFormat.setMinimumIntegerDigits(minDigits);
        numberFormat.setMaximumIntegerDigits(maxDigits);
	numberFormat.format((long)value, buffer, DontCareFieldPosition.INSTANCE);