Java yyyy formatDate(String date)

Description

Format date.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	the date

Return

the string

Declaration

public static String formatDate(String date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

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

public class Main {
    /**/*from  ww w  .  j ava2  s.co  m*/
     * Format date.
     * 
     * @param date
     *            the date
     * @return the string
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date date) {

        SimpleDateFormat sd = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
        return sd.format(date);
    }

    /**
     * Format date.
     * 
     * @param date
     *            the date
     * @return the string
     */
    public static String formatDate(String date) {
        /* Function to change the date format from mm-dd-yy to yy-mm-dd*/
        String invDt1[] = date.toString().split("-");
        String invDt = invDt1[2] + "-" + invDt1[1] + "-" + invDt1[0];
        System.out.println("<<<<date>>>> " + invDt);
        return invDt;
    }
}

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