Java Date Create toDateFormat(Date date)

Description

Returns a string in standard PDF date format representing the specified date (in the default timezone).

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	the date ( null not permitted).

Return

A string in standard PDF date format.

Declaration

public static String toDateFormat(Date date) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns a string in standard PDF date format representing the specified 
     * date (in the default timezone).
     * 
     * @param date  the date ({@code null} not permitted).
     * 
     * @return A string in standard PDF date format. 
     */
    public static String toDateFormat(Date date) {
        Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
        c.setTime(date);
        return toPDFDateFormat(c);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string in standard PDF date format representing the date 
     * contained by the specified calendar.
     * 
     * @param calendar  the date and timezone ({@code null} not permitted).
     * 
     * @return A string in standard PDF date format. 
     */
    public static String toPDFDateFormat(Calendar calendar) {
        Date d = calendar.getTime();
        DateFormat df1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss");
        DateFormat df2 = new SimpleDateFormat("Z");
        String part1 = df1.format(d);
        String part2 = df2.format(d);
        String tzinfo;
        if (part2.equals("z")) {
            tzinfo = "Z00'00'";
        } else {
            tzinfo = part2.substring(0, 3) + "'" + part2.substring(4) + "'";
        }
        return "D:" + part1 + tzinfo;
    }
}

Related

1. toDate(long time)
2. toDate(Object o)
3. ToDate(Object o)
4. toDate(Object object)
5. toDate(Object value)
6. toDateFromLong(Long time)
7. toDateHeader(long value)
8. toDateList(Collection list)
9. toDateQueryFormat(Date value)