Java Date Time to String dateTimeToXSDate(Date date)

Description

Convert DateTime to XML Schema date.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	the date

Return

String representation of DateTime.

Declaration

public static String dateTimeToXSDate(Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    private static final String XML_SCHEMA_DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'Z'";

    /**
     * Convert DateTime to XML Schema date.
     *
     * @param date the date
     * @return String representation of DateTime.
     */
    public static String dateTimeToXSDate(Date date) {
        return formatDate(date, XML_SCHEMA_DATE_FORMAT);
    }

    private static String formatDate(final Date date, final String format) {
        final DateFormat utcFormatter = createDateFormat(format);
        return utcFormatter.format(date);
    }

    private static DateFormat createDateFormat(final String format) {
        final DateFormat utcFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        utcFormatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
        return utcFormatter;
    }
}

Related

1. dateTimeToString(Date date)
2. dateTimeToString(Date date, String formatter)
3. dateTimeToString(final Date date)
4. dateTimeToString(final Date date)
5. dateTimeToString_mmddyyyy(Date d)
6. dateTimeToXSDate(Date date)