## org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel
Class ExcelStyleDateFormatter

    java.lang.Object
      java.text.Format
          java.text.DateFormat
              java.text.SimpleDateFormat
                  org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.ExcelStyleDateFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:
  java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

    public class ExcelStyleDateFormatter

extends java.text.SimpleDateFormat

A wrapper around a `SimpleDateFormat` instance, which handles a few Excel-style extensions that are not supported by `SimpleDateFormat`. Currently, the extensions are around the handling of elapsed time, eg rendering 1 day 2 hours as 26 hours.

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  Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.text.DateFormat
`java.text.DateFormat.Field`

Field Summary
`static char` `H_BRACKET_SYMBOL`
`static char` `HH_BRACKET_SYMBOL`
`static char` `L_BRACKET_SYMBOL`
`static char` `LL_BRACKET_SYMBOL`
`static char` `M_BRACKET_SYMBOL`
`static char` `MM_BRACKET_SYMBOL`
`static char` `MMMMM_START_SYMBOL`
`static char` `MMMMM_TRUNCATE_SYMBOL`
`static char` `S_BRACKET_SYMBOL`
`static char` `SS_BRACKET_SYMBOL`

Fields inherited from class java.text.DateFormat
`AM_PM_FIELD, calendar, DATE_FIELD, DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD, DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD, DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD, DEFAULT, ERA_FIELD, FULL, HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD, HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD, HOUR0_FIELD, HOUR1_FIELD, LONG, MEDIUM, MILLISECOND_FIELD, MINUTE_FIELD, MONTH_FIELD, numberFormat, SECOND_FIELD, SHORT, TIMEZONE_FIELD, WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD, WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD, YEAR_FIELD`

Constructor Summary
`ExcelStyleDateFormatter()`
`ExcelStyleDateFormatter(java.lang.String pattern)`
`ExcelStyleDateFormatter(java.lang.String pattern, java.text.DateFormatSymbols formatSymbols)`
`ExcelStyleDateFormatter(java.lang.String pattern, java.util.Locale locale)`

Method Summary
`java.lang.StringBuffer` `format(java.util.Date date, java.lang.StringBuffer paramStringBuffer, java.text.FieldPosition paramFieldPosition)`
`void` `setDateToBeFormatted(double date)` Used to let us know what the date being formatted is, in Excel terms, which we may wish to use when handling elapsed times.

Methods inherited from class java.text.SimpleDateFormat
`applyLocalizedPattern, applyPattern, clone, equals, formatToCharacterIterator, get2DigitYearStart, getDateFormatSymbols, hashCode, parse, set2DigitYearStart, setDateFormatSymbols, toLocalizedPattern, toPattern`

Methods inherited from class java.text.DateFormat
`format, format, getAvailableLocales, getCalendar, getDateInstance, getDateInstance, getDateInstance, getDateTimeInstance, getDateTimeInstance, getDateTimeInstance, getInstance, getNumberFormat, getTimeInstance, getTimeInstance, getTimeInstance, getTimeZone, isLenient, parse, parseObject, setCalendar, setLenient, setNumberFormat, setTimeZone`

Methods inherited from class java.text.Format
`format, parseObject`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### MMMMM_START_SYMBOL

    public static final char MMMMM_START_SYMBOL

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  Constant Field Values

### MMMMM_TRUNCATE_SYMBOL

    public static final char MMMMM_TRUNCATE_SYMBOL

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  Constant Field Values

### H_BRACKET_SYMBOL

    public static final char H_BRACKET_SYMBOL

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  Constant Field Values

### HH_BRACKET_SYMBOL

    public static final char HH_BRACKET_SYMBOL

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  Constant Field Values

### M_BRACKET_SYMBOL

    public static final char M_BRACKET_SYMBOL

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  Constant Field Values

### MM_BRACKET_SYMBOL

    public static final char MM_BRACKET_SYMBOL

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  Constant Field Values

### S_BRACKET_SYMBOL

    public static final char S_BRACKET_SYMBOL

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  Constant Field Values

### SS_BRACKET_SYMBOL

    public static final char SS_BRACKET_SYMBOL

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### L_BRACKET_SYMBOL

    public static final char L_BRACKET_SYMBOL

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  Constant Field Values

### LL_BRACKET_SYMBOL

    public static final char LL_BRACKET_SYMBOL

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  Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

### ExcelStyleDateFormatter

    public ExcelStyleDateFormatter()

### ExcelStyleDateFormatter

    public ExcelStyleDateFormatter(java.lang.String pattern)

### ExcelStyleDateFormatter

    public ExcelStyleDateFormatter(java.lang.String pattern,
                                   java.text.DateFormatSymbols formatSymbols)

### ExcelStyleDateFormatter

    public ExcelStyleDateFormatter(java.lang.String pattern,
                                   java.util.Locale locale)

Method Detail

### setDateToBeFormatted

    public void setDateToBeFormatted(double date)

  Used to let us know what the date being formatted is, in Excel terms, which we may wish to use when handling elapsed times.

### format

    public java.lang.StringBuffer format(java.util.Date date,
                                         java.lang.StringBuffer paramStringBuffer,
                                         java.text.FieldPosition paramFieldPosition)

  Overrides:
    `format` in class `java.text.SimpleDateFormat`

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