Java HTTP Date getHTTPDate()

Description

get the date according to the HTTP standard

License

Open Source License

Return

the current date

Declaration

public static String getHTTPDate() 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * get the date according to the HTTP standard
     * @return the current date
     */
    public static String getHTTPDate() {
        DateFormat httpDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE', 'dd' 'MMM' 'yyyy' 'HH:mm:ss' 'Z", Locale.ENGLISH);
        httpDateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
        return httpDateFormat.format(new Date());
    }
}

Related

1. getHttpDate()
2. gethttpDate()
3. getHttpDate()
4. getHttpDate(int days)
5. getHttpDate(long l)
6. getHttpDate(String date)
7. getHttpDate(String value)