Android Date Format formatDate(Date date, String dateFormat, Locale locale)

Description

Format date

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	`Date` formatted to
dateFormat	Date format like 'yyyy-MM-dd'
locale	Locale for date format.

Return

Formatted date string

Declaration

public static String formatDate(Date date, String dateFormat,
        Locale locale) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    public static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd G HH:mm:ss z";

    /**/*from   w w w .  j a v a 2 s.c om*/
     * Format date with default `DATE_FORMAT` and default locale `Locale.KOREA`
     * @param date
     * @return
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date date) {
        return formatDate(date, DATE_FORMAT);
    }

    /**
     * Format date with `dateFormat` given and default locale `Locale.KOREA`
     * @param date
     * @param dateFormat
     * @return
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date date, String dateFormat) {
        return formatDate(date, dateFormat, Locale.ENGLISH);
    }

    /**
     * Format date
     * @param date
     *       `Date` formatted to
     * @param dateFormat
     *       Date format like 'yyyy-MM-dd'
     * @param locale
     *       Locale for date format.
     * @return
     *      Formatted date string 
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date date, String dateFormat,
            Locale locale) {
        SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat, locale);
        return format.format(date);
    }
}

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