Java Locale Format formatDate(Date date, String format)

Description

format Date

License

LGPL

Declaration

public static String formatDate(Date date, String format) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from  w w  w  .java  2  s. c  om*/
 * Converts a line of text into an array of lower case words using a
 * BreakIterator.wordInstance().
 * <p>
 *
 * This method is under the Jive Open Source Software License and was
 * written by Mark Imbriaco.
 *
 * @param text
 *            a String of text to convert into an array of words
 * @return text broken up into an array of words.
 */

import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    public static String formatDate(Date date, String format) {
        SimpleDateFormat outFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        return outFormat.format(date);
    }

    /**
     * Formats a Date object to return a date using the global locale.
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date date) {
        SimpleDateFormat outFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
        return outFormat.format(date);
    }
}

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