Android Date Format now(String dateFormat)

Description

Returns the current date in a given format.

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateFormat	a date format (See examples)

Return

the current formatted date/time

Declaration

public static String now(String dateFormat) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

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

public class Main {
    /**/*  www. ja v  a  2 s .c om*/
     * Returns the current date in a given format.
     * eg.=> CLDateUtil.now("dd MMMMM yyyy")
     * @param dateFormat a date format (See examples)
     * @return the current formatted date/time
     * @author Sean Zheng
     * @CreateDate 2013-5-13
     */
    public static String now(String dateFormat) {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat);
        long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
        return sdf.format(new Date(now));
    }
}

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2. getStringByFormat(Date date, String format)
3. getStringByFormat(Date date, String format)
4. convertDateToString(Date date)
5. formatDate(Date date)
6. now(String dateFormat)
7. getLongFriendlyDate(Date dt)
8. getMainClockString(Date utcDate)
9. currentDateToString(String format)