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Description

Returns the date format used for expiry times in type zero (Netscape) cookies.

Demo Code

/**//w w  w  .  jav a 2  s  .  co m
 * Copyright (c) 2000-2016 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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//package com.java2s;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the date format used for expiry times in type zero (Netscape) cookies. Also used as the date format for
     * portlet session expiries. Creates a new instance, so thread safe.
     *
     * @return  the date format used for expiry times in type zero (Netscape) cookies
     */
    public static DateFormat getCookieDateFormat() {
        DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(
                "EEE, dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.US);

        // Cookies use GMT Time zone by convention (Rule Britania!)
        format.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));

        return format;
    }
}

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