Java Utililty Methods Date Now

if (format == null || format.isEmpty())
    format = "yyyy.MM.dd'-'HH:mm:ss";
java.text.DateFormat dateFormat = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(format);
java.util.Date date = new java.util.Date();
String currDate = dateFormat.format(date);
return currDate;

if ("mm/dd/yyyy".equals(formatStr)) {
    formatStr = DISPLAY_DATE_FORMAT;
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(formatStr);
Date currentDate = new Date();
return formatter.format(currentDate);

SimpleDateFormat datePattern = null;
if (null == pattern || "".equals(pattern)) {
    datePattern = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
} else {
    datePattern = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
return datePattern.format(new Date());

String result;
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
result = formatter.format(new Date());
return result;

return formatDate(pattern, new Date());

return getDate(new Date(), pattern, locale);

Date dateNow = Calendar.getInstance(new SimpleTimeZone(9 * 60 * 60 * 1000, "KST")).getTime();
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format, Locale.getDefault());
return formatter.format(dateNow);

return dateToString(now(), DF_YMD);

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getDefault());
final String dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd";
java.text.SimpleDateFormat sdf = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat);
sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
return sdf.format(cal.getTime());

Locale loc = new Locale("zh", "CN");
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", loc);
return sdf.format(new Date());