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Android APIs
Added in API level 3
package

android.text.format

This package contains alternative classes for some text formatting classes defined in java.util and java.text . It also contains additional text formatting classes for situations not covered by java.util or java.text .

Classes

DateFormat Utility class for producing strings with formatted date/time. 
DateUtils This class contains various date-related utilities for creating text for things like elapsed time and date ranges, strings for days of the week and months, and AM/PM text etc. 
Formatter Utility class to aid in formatting common values that are not covered by the Formatter class in java.util  
Time An alternative to the Calendar and GregorianCalendar classes.