Android Date Format FormatToString(Date date, String format)

Description

Format To String

Declaration

public static String FormatToString(Date date, String format) 

Method Source Code

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main{
    public static String FormatToString(Date date, String format) {
        try {//from ww  w  . jav  a 2  s. c o m
            java.text.SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
            return sdf.format(date);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return "";
    }
    public static String FormatToString(String date, String format) {
        try {
            Date dt = DateTimeHelper.ParseStringToDate(date);
            java.text.SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
            return sdf.format(dt);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return date;
    }
    public static Date ParseStringToDate(String date) {
        Date result = null;

        if (date != null && !date.equals("")) {
            String parse = date;
            parse = parse.replaceFirst("^[0-9]{4}([^0-9]?)", "yyyy$1");
            parse = parse.replaceFirst("^[0-9]{2}([^0-9]?)", "yy$1");
            parse = parse.replaceFirst("([^0-9]?)[0-9]{1,2}([^0-9]?)",
                    "$1MM$2");
            parse = parse.replaceFirst("([^0-9]?)[0-9]{1,2}( ?)", "$1dd$2");
            parse = parse.replaceFirst("( )[0-9]{1,2}([^0-9]?)", "$1HH$2");
            parse = parse.replaceFirst("([^0-9]?)[0-9]{1,2}([^0-9]?)",
                    "$1mm$2");
            parse = parse.replaceFirst("([^0-9]?)[0-9]{1,2}([^0-9]?)",
                    "$1ss$2");

            SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(parse);
            try {
                result = format.parse(date);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        return result;
    }
}

Related

1. FormatToString(String date, String format)
2. ParseDateToString(Date date)
3. ParseDateToString(Date date, String format)
4. date(Date date)