date(vDate, oFormatOptions, sLocale) {
			const oArguments = Utils.processFormatArguments(oFormatOptions, sLocale);
			const oDateFormatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(oArguments.formatOptions, oArguments.locale);
			let vUniversalDate;

			if (Array.isArray(vDate)) {
				vUniversalDate = vDate.map((date) => new UniversalDate(Utils.parseJsonDateTime(date)));
			} else if (vDate !== undefined) {
				vUniversalDate = new UniversalDate(Utils.parseJsonDateTime(vDate));
			}

			if (vUniversalDate) {
				return oDateFormatter.format(vUniversalDate);
			}

			return "";
		}
Formats date.
@param {string|integer|Date|Array<string|integer|Date>} vDate The date or dates to be formatted. Accepts date string, timestamp, Date instance, or array of the same.
@param {object} [oFormatOptions] All format options which sap.ui.core.format.DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance accepts.
@param {string} [sLocale] A string representing the desired locale. If skipped the current locale of the user is taken
@returns {string} The formatted date.