8319986: Invalid/inconsistent description and example for DateFormat

Reviewed-by: joehw, rriggs, jlu, iris, lancea
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Naoto Sato 2023-11-15 18:51:25 +00:00
parent 536b1cee24
commit 891d8cfaf2

@ -119,12 +119,14 @@ import sun.util.locale.provider.LocaleServiceProviderPool;
* different options to these factory methods to control the length of the
* result; from {@link #SHORT} to {@link #MEDIUM} to {@link #LONG} to {@link #FULL}. The exact result depends
* on the locale, but generally:
* <ul><li>{@link #SHORT} is completely numeric, such as {@code 12.13.52} or {@code 3:30pm}
* <ul><li>{@link #SHORT} is the shortest and mainly numeric, such as {@code 12.13.52} or {@code 3:30pm}
* <li>{@link #MEDIUM} is longer, such as {@code Jan 12, 1952}
* <li>{@link #LONG} is longer, such as {@code January 12, 1952} or {@code 3:30:32pm}
* <li>{@link #FULL} is pretty completely specified, such as
* <li>{@link #LONG} is even longer, such as {@code January 12, 1952} or {@code 3:30:32pm}
* <li>{@link #FULL} is the longest, such as
* {@code Tuesday, April 12, 1952 AD or 3:30:42pm PST}.
* </ul>
* For those fields with text, typically abbreviated text form is used with {@link #MEDIUM} option,
* and full text form is used with {@link #LONG} and {@link #FULL} options.
*
* <p>You can also set the time zone on the format if you wish.
* If you want even more control over the format or parsing,