Java Date Format As formatDateTd(Object obj)

Description

format Date Td

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String formatDateTd(Object obj) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {
    public static String formatDateTd(Object obj) {
        String out = "<td style='text-align:center'>";
        String strDate = formatDate(obj);
        if (strDate.length() == 0) {
            // if you don't put a "non-breaking space" in an empty td/cell, 
            // the cell's border doesn't show !
            out += "&nbsp;";
        } else {//  ww  w . ja v a2  s  .co m
            out += strDate;
        }
        out += "</td>";
        return out;
    }

    public static String formatDate(Object obj) {
        if (obj == null) {
            return "";
        }
        try {
            java.util.Date dateval = (java.util.Date) obj;
            SimpleDateFormat dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
            dateformat.setLenient(false);
            return dateformat.format(dateval);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return "bad date in FormatUtils.formatDate: " + obj.toString() + " error: " + e.getMessage();
        }
    }
}

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