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| Chapter 29 The java.text Package |

## 29.8 java.text.DateFormatSymbols (JDK 1.1)

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This class defines accessor methods for the various pieces of data, such as names of months and days, used by `SimpleDateFormat` to format and parse dates and times. You do not typically use this class unless you are formatting dates for an unsupported locale or in some highly customized way.

    public class DateFormatSymbols extends Object implements Serializable, Cloneable {
        // Public Constructors
                public DateFormatSymbols();
                public DateFormatSymbols(Locale locale);
        // Public Instance Methods
                public Object clone();  // Overrides Object
                public boolean equals(Object obj);  // Overrides Object
                public String[] getAmPmStrings();
                public String[] getEras();
                public String getLocalPatternChars();
                public String[] getMonths();
                public String[] getShortMonths();
                public String[] getShortWeekdays();
                public String[] getWeekdays();
                public String[][] getZoneStrings();
                public int hashCode();  // Overrides Object
                public void setAmPmStrings(String[] newAmpms);
                public void setEras(String[] newEras);
                public void setLocalPatternChars(String newLocalPatternChars);
                public void setMonths(String[] newMonths);
                public void setShortMonths(String[] newShortMonths);
                public void setShortWeekdays(String[] newShortWeekdays);
                public void setWeekdays(String[] newWeekdays);
                public void setZoneStrings(String[][] newZoneStrings);
    }

### Passed To:

SimpleDateFormat(), SimpleDateFormat.setDateFormatSymbols()

### Returned By:

SimpleDateFormat.getDateFormatSymbols()

java.text.DateFormat (JDK 1.1) |  | java.text.DecimalFormat (JDK 1.1)