Java UTC Date getUtcTimestamp()

Description

Request timestamp in ISO 8601 combined date and time in UTC.

License

Open Source License

Return

String timestamp Example: 2014-09-18T10:32:59Z

Declaration

public static String getUtcTimestamp() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

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

public class Main {
    /**//from  w ww .j  av a 2  s .com
     * Request timestamp in ISO 8601 combined date and time in UTC.
     *
     * @return String timestamp Example: 2014-09-18T10:32:59Z
     */
    public static String getUtcTimestamp() {
        SimpleDateFormat timeFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
        timeFormatter.setTimeZone(new SimpleTimeZone(SimpleTimeZone.UTC_TIME, "UTC"));
        return timeFormatter.format(new Date());
    }
}

Related

1. GetUtcNow()
2. getUTCTime()
3. getUTCTime()
4. getUTCTime(final Date inDate)
5. getUtcTimestamp()
6. getUTCTimestamp(Date date)
7. getUtcTimestampAsString(Date date)
8. getUTCTimeString4Digits(Date date)
9. nowInUTC()