Java Date Format formatDate(final Date date)

Description

Formats the given date-time using the default pattern: #SDF

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	a parameter

Declaration

public static String formatDate(final Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w ww  . ja v  a 2 s. com*/
 * DSS - Digital Signature Services
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2013 European Commission, Directorate-General Internal Market and Services (DG MARKT), B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
 *
 * Developed by: 2013 ARHS Developments S.A. (rue Nicolas Bov? 2B, L-1253 Luxembourg) http://www.arhs-developments.com
 *
 * This file is part of the "DSS - Digital Signature Services" project.
 *
 * "DSS - Digital Signature Services" is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
 * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * DSS 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with
 * "DSS - Digital Signature Services".  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * The default date-time format: "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'"
     */
    public static final SimpleDateFormat SDF = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");

    /**
     * Formats the given date-time using the SimpleDateFormat object.
     *
     * @param sdf
     * @param date
     * @return
     */
    public static String formatDate(final SimpleDateFormat sdf, final Date date) {

        final String stringDate = sdf.format(date);
        return stringDate;
    }

    /**
     * Formats the given date-time using the default pattern: {@link #SDF}
     *
     * @param date
     * @return
     */
    public static String formatDate(final Date date) {

        final String stringDate = SDF.format(date);
        return stringDate;
    }
}

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