Java Date Format formatDate(final Calendar date)

Description

Returns a date in a readable format.

License

GNU General Public License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	the date to format

Return

the date value as medium formatted string

Declaration

public static String formatDate(final Calendar date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  www  .j a va 2s . c  o m
 * TnT - Things and tasks to do
 * Licenced under General Public Licence v3 (GPLv3)
 * newInstance.org, 2012
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns a date in a readable format. Time is not displayed.
     *
     * @param date the date to format
     * @return the date value as medium formatted string
     * @see DateFormat
     */
    public static String formatDate(final Calendar date) {
        if (date == null) {
            return null;
        }

        final DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, DateFormat.MEDIUM);
        return df.format(date.getTime());
    }
}

Related

1. formatDate(Date tagValue)
2. formatDate(Date value)
3. formatDate(Date value)
4. formatDate(DateFormat format, Date date)
5. formatDate(final Calendar cal)
6. formatDate(final Date dat)
7. formatDate(final Date date)
8. formatDate(final Date date)
9. formatDate(final Date date)