Java Hour Format formatDateTime(Date date)

Description

Formats a Date object to an ISO8601 date/time string.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	a parameter

Return

ISO8601 date/time as a String object.

Declaration

public static String formatDateTime(Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*ww  w.  j  av  a2 s . co  m*/
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 * Copyright 2011, 2012, 2013 the University of New Mexico.
 *
 * This work was supported by National Science Foundation Cooperative
 * Agreements #DEB-0832652 and #DEB-0936498.
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import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    private static DateFormat m_ISO8601DateTime = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");

    /**
     * Formats the current Date object to an ISO8601 date/time string.
     * 
     * @return ISO8601 date/time as a String object.
     */
    public static String formatDateTime() {
        return formatDateTime(new Date());
    }

    /**
     * Formats a Date object to an ISO8601 date/time string.
     * 
     * @param date
     * @return ISO8601 date/time as a String object.
     */
    public static String formatDateTime(Date date) {
        if (date == null) {
            return formatDateTime(new Date());
        }

        // format in (almost) ISO8601 format
        String dateStr = m_ISO8601DateTime.format(date);
        return dateStr;
    }
}

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