Java Hour Format formatHttpDate(Date date)

Description

Format a Date according to the HTTP/1.1 RFC.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	the Date to format.

Return

a instance or null if the date was null.

Declaration

public static String formatHttpDate(Date date) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.util.Locale;

import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /** <p>The {@link SimpleDateFormat} RFC-822 date format.</p> */
    private static final String FORMAT_822 = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'";
    /** <p>The {@link TimeZone} to use for dates.</p> */
    private static final TimeZone TIMEZONE = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");
    /** <p>The {@link Locale} to use for dates.</p> */
    private static final Locale LOCALE = Locale.US;

    /**//w  w  w .j  a  v  a  2s. c  o  m
     * <p>Format a {@link Date} according to the HTTP/1.1 RFC.</p>
     * 
     * @param date the {@link Date} to format.
     * @return a {@link String} instance or <b>null</b> if the date was null.
     */
    public static String formatHttpDate(Date date) {
        if (date == null)
            return null;
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(FORMAT_822, LOCALE);
        formatter.setTimeZone(TIMEZONE);
        return formatter.format(date);
    }
}

Related

1. formatHours(long millis)
2. formatHourTimeHToString(Date srcDate)
3. formatHttpDate(Date d)
4. formatHTTPDate(Date date)
5. formatHttpDate(Date date)
6. formatHttpDate(Date date)
7. formatHTTPDate(Date pTime)
8. formatInfo(String info)
9. formatInternal(final Date date)