Java Utililty Methods Date Format

return dateSdf.format(date);

dateFormat.applyPattern(DATETIME_PATTERN);
return dateFormat.format(date);

if (date == null) {
    return "";
return new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_TIME_FORMAT).format(date);

return parse(format(date), "yyyy-MM-dd");

return formatDateByFormat(date, "yyyy-MM-dd");

synchronized (OSU_DATE_FORMAT) {
    return OSU_DATE_FORMAT.format(date);

Formats the given date.

if (date == null) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("You must provide a date.");
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss'Z'");
dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
return dateFormat.format(date);

return formatDate(date, DEFAULT_DATE_PATTERN);

return formatDate(date, "yyyy-MM-dd");

return df.format(date);