I am trying to find out what the difference between three Ls (LLL) and three Ms (MMM) in the declaration of a SimpleDateFormat object ( i.e. new SimpleDateFormat("MMM/LLL dd, yyyy") ). I have searched the web and the documentation, but the only thing I could find is that the one is used for stand-alone cases and the other for context-sensitive ones. Can anyone help me on what's the difference between those formats? Thanks!
The DateFormatSymbols contains context sensitive form of month, we need standalone form. This difference is not apparent in English but makes a difference in other languages such as Russian, Slovak where the standard or standalone form is distinguishable from the locale.
Example and explanation for russian locale: http://stackoverflow.com/a/25329549/1164913