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This `class` provides a specifier formatter for printing `Date` objects.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlt_dateformatter.h>`

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template<class t_CHAR>
class DateFormatter;
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== Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/DateFormatter/2constructor.adoc[`DateFormatter`]         [.small]#[constructor]#
| Create an object in its default initial state.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/DateFormatter/extraSections.adoc[`extraSections`] 
| Return the `bslfmt::FormatSpecificationParser::Sections` flags that apply to this value type.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/DateFormatter/formatDefault.adoc[`formatDefault`] 
| Format `value` to `out` using the default date layout.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/DateFormatter/formatIso8601.adoc[`formatIso8601`] 
| Format `value` to `out` using the ISO 8601 date layout.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/DateFormatter/formatNextSpecifier.adoc[`formatNextSpecifier`] 
| Format one recognized specifier from `*specInOut` into `*outIt`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/DateFormatter/parseDefault.adoc[`parseDefault`] 
| Update this object as‐if parsing `Date` in default mode.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/DateFormatter/parseIso8601.adoc[`parseIso8601`] 
| Update this object as‐if parsing `Date` in Iso8601 mode.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/DateFormatter/parseNextModifier.adoc[`parseNextModifier`] 
| Parse a format modifier from the front of `*specInOut` if present.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/DateFormatter/parseNextSpecifier.adoc[`parseNextSpecifier`] 
| Parse the next recognized date format specifier from `*specInOut`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/DateFormatter/postprocess.adoc[`postprocess`] 
| Read post‐processed fields from the specified `spec` that are relevant to this specifier formatter.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/DateFormatter/totalWidth.adoc[`totalWidth`] 
| Return the anticipated formatted width for the specified `value`.
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