Java Utililty Methods Calendar Format

return formatDate(calendar.getTime());

final String DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS z";
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT);
dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
return dateFormat.format(calendar.getTime());

if (calendar == null)
    return null;
SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss");
DATE_FORMAT.setCalendar(calendar);
return DATE_FORMAT.format(calendar.getTime());

if (objCal == null) {
    return null;
} else {
    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(strFormat);
    return formatter.format(objCal.getTime());

if (value == null) {
    return "";
return new SimpleDateFormat(TS_FMT).format(value.getTime());

String formatString = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss";
SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(formatString);
simpleDateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(simpleDateFormat.format(c.getTime()));
sb.append(formatMillis(c.get(Calendar.MILLISECOND), millisDigits));
sb.append('Z');
return sb.toString();

if (c == null)
    return "??-??";
else
    return c.get(Calendar.YEAR) + "-" + String.format("%02d", (1 + c.get(Calendar.MONTH))) + "-"
            + String.format("%02d", c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));

return (new SimpleDateFormat("MM.dd.yy")).format(c.getTime());

if (c == null)
    return null;
SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
return df.format(c.getTime());

return new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss").format(cal.getTime());