Java Date to Time serializeDateTime(final Date date)

Description

Serialise a date as xsd:dateTime format with seconds to three decimal places (non-canonical)

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	The date to format

Return

The formatted date

Declaration

public static String serializeDateTime(final Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /**//from ww  w. ja v  a2  s . c  o m
     * Serialise a date as xsd:dateTime format with seconds to three decimal places (non-canonical)
     * 
     * @param date The date to format
     * @return The formatted date
     */
    public static String serializeDateTime(final Date date) {
        final SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'.'SSS'Z'");
        format.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
        return format.format(date);
    }
}

Related

1. getTimeText(Date date)
2. getXSDDateTime()
3. getXsdDateTime(Date time)
4. getXsdDateTime(final Date d)
5. removeTime(Date date)
6. serializeXsdDateTime(Date date)
7. strTime(Date dt)
8. to24HrTimeString(Date date)
9. toExtendedTime(Date date)