Here you can find the source of toDate(final Date date)
public static final String toDate(final Date date)
//package com.java2s; /**//from w w w . j a v a 2s .co m * Copyright (C) 2011,2012 Landstinget i Joenkoepings laen <http://www.lj.se/minhalsoplan> * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static final String DATE_PATTERN = "yyyy-MM-dd"; public static final String toDate(final Date date) { final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_PATTERN); return date != null ? sdf.format(date) : null; } }