Java Date Now getCurrentDateFormat()

Description

get current date

License

Open Source License

Return

the string of current date

Declaration

public static String getCurrentDateFormat() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  ww w  .j a  v a 2  s.c  o  m*/
     * default date format pattern
     */
    public final static String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd";

    /**
     * get current date
     *
     * @return the string of current date
     */
    public static String getCurrentDateFormat() {
        return formatDate(new Date());
    }

    /**
     * format date with the default pattern
     *
     * @param date the date that want to format to string
     * @return the formated date
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date date) {
        SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
        return format.format(date);
    }

    /**
     * format date with the given pattern
     *
     * @param date the date that want to format to string
     * @param pattern the formated pattern
     * @return the formated date
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date date, String pattern) {
        if (date == null) {
            return null;
        }
        SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
        return format.format(date);
    }
}

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6. getCurrentDateFormated()
7. getCurrentDateInMillis()
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