public static SimpleDateFormat makeOutputFormatter(){
  SimpleDateFormat fmt=new SimpleDateFormat(DEFAULT_OFORMAT);
  fmt.setTimeZone(GMT_ZONE);
  return (fmt);
}

public static SimpleDateFormat makeOutputFormatter ( ) { SimpleDateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat ( DEFAULT_OFORMAT ) ; fmt . setTimeZone ( GMT_ZONE ) ; return ( fmt ) ; }
make a formatter for the default format and the gmt timezone . the output formatter appends the trailing z .
