Java Date Format formatDate(Date date)

Description

Format date with default pattern yyyy-MM-dd

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	specified date

Return

string of date with default pattern

Declaration

public static String formatDate(Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from w  w w . j  av  a 2 s.co m
 * File: $RCSfile$
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2005 Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH,
 * Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring 1, 33106 Paderborn, Germany
 * All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This software is the confidential and proprietary information
 * of Wincor Nixdorf ("Confidential Information"). You shall not
 * disclose such Confidential Information and shall use it only in
 * accordance with the terms of the license agreement you entered
 * into with Wincor Nixdorf.
 */

import java.util.Date;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Format date with specified pattern yyyy-MM-dd
     *
     * @param date        specified date
     * @param datePattern specified date pattern
     * @return string of date with @param datePattern
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date date, String datePattern) {
        String ret = null;
        try {
            DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(datePattern);
            ret = dateFormat.format(date);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return ret;
    }

    /**
     * Format date with default pattern yyyy-MM-dd
     *
     * @param date specified date
     * @return string of date with default pattern
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date date) {
        return formatDate(date, "yyyy-MM-dd");
    }
}

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