Java Date to String dateToString(Date date, String strFormat)

Description

This method formats the given Java date object to a string of given format.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	The Java Date
strFormat	The format in which the Java date object needs to be converted

Return

String String representing the date in the given format

Declaration

public static String dateToString(Date date, String strFormat)
        throws Exception 

Method Source Code

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

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**//from  w  w  w  .  j av  a2 s  .  c o  m
     *  This method formats the given Java date object to a string of given format.
     *  @param date The Java Date
     *  @param strFormat The format in which the Java date object needs to be converted
     *  @return String String representing the date in the given format
     *  @exception Exception
     */
    public static String dateToString(Date date, String strFormat)
            throws Exception {
        try {

            if (date == null)
                return "";

            String strDtFormat = strFormat.toLowerCase();
            strDtFormat = replaceString(strDtFormat, "m", "M");

            SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(strDtFormat);
            return formatter.format(date);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            throw ex;
        }
    }

    /**
     *  This method replaces all occurance of a substring with the given substring in a string
     *  @param strString The parent string
     *  @param strSrchString The substring which needs to be replaced
     *  @param strRplString The new substring which will replace all occurences of strsrchString
     *  @return String Parent string with all occurences of strsrchString replaced by strRplString
     */
    public static String replaceString(String strString,
            String strSrchString, String strRplString) {

        if (strString == null)
            return "";

        String strOutString = "";
        int intIndex = 0;
        int intPrevIndex = 0;
        int intSrcStrLength = strSrchString.length();

        do {
            intIndex = strString.indexOf(strSrchString, intPrevIndex);

            if (intIndex == -1) {
                strOutString += strString.substring(intPrevIndex);
                break;
            }

            strOutString += strString.substring(intPrevIndex, intIndex)
                    + strRplString;
            intPrevIndex = intIndex + intSrcStrLength;

        } while (true);

        return strOutString;
    }
}

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