Java Date XML Format formatXMLDate(Date date, String pattern)

Description

format XML Date

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String formatXMLDate(Date date, String pattern) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.util.*;

import java.text.*;

public class Main {
    public static String formatXMLDate(Date date) {
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        addXMLHeader(sb);//from  ww w  .  j a v a  2 s . com
        sb.append("<Date>");
        sb.append(Long.toString(date.getTime()));
        sb.append("</Date>");
        return (sb.toString());
    }

    public static String formatXMLDate(Date date, String pattern) {
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        addXMLHeader(sb);
        sb.append("<Date pattern=\"");
        sb.append(pattern);
        sb.append("\" >");
        SimpleDateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
        sb.append(fmt.format(date));
        sb.append("</Date>");
        return (sb.toString());
    }

    public static void addXMLHeader(StringBuffer sb) {
        sb.append("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n");
    }
}

Related

1. formatDateToXML(Date dateTime)
2. formatToXMLDate(Date date)
3. formatXml(Date date)
4. getTime(String xmlDateTime)
5. getXmlTime(Date date)
6. parse(String xmlDateTime)
7. toXMLDateTime(final Date date)