Android Date Format getUtcTimeStringFromDate(Date date)

Description

Retrieves UTC time as string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	Date to parse.

Return

UTC time as string for given time.

Declaration

public static String getUtcTimeStringFromDate(Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Retrieves UTC time as string.
     * 
     * @param date Date to parse.
     * 
     * @return UTC time as string for given time.
     */
    public static String getUtcTimeStringFromDate(Date date) {
        SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("HH':'mm':'ss");
        dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("gmt"));
        return dateFormat.format(date);

    }
}

Related

1. getFormatShortTime(Date date)
2. getFormatTime(Date date)
3. getFormatTomorrow(String format)
4. getFormatYestoday(String format)
5. getUniversalDateStamp(Date date)
6. timestampToISO8601(Date aDate)
7. toDateString(Date value)
8. toDateTimeString(Date value)
9. toRelativeDateString(Date value)