format

Description

A type which can either format a number or a date into the given text format.

Form more information on the number format see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/DecimalFormat.html

For more information on the date format see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html.

Properties

NameDescriptionRequired
format The format. Yes.
timeZone The time zone to use for a date format. No.
date A date to format. Yes if number isn't supplied.
number A number to format. Yes if date isn't supplied.

(c) Rob Gordon 2005