Android Timezone Date Format formatTime(Context context, Date date, TimeZone timeZone)

Description

Formats the given time according to the user's preference, and using the given time zone.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	The time to format.
timeZone	The time zone to use.

Return

The formatted time.

Declaration

public static String formatTime(Context context, Date date,
        TimeZone timeZone) 

Method Source Code

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import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.HashMap;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.TimeZone;
import android.content.Context;

public class Main {
    private static Map<String, DateFormat> sTimeZoneTimeFormats = new HashMap<String, DateFormat>();

    /**
     * Formats the given time according to the user's preference, and using the given time zone.
     * 
     * @param date The time to format.
     * @param timeZone The time zone to use.
     * @return The formatted time.
     */
    public static String formatTime(Context context, Date date,
            TimeZone timeZone) {
        DateFormat timeZoneTimeFormat = sTimeZoneTimeFormats.get(timeZone
                .getID());
        if (timeZoneTimeFormat == null) {
            timeZoneTimeFormat = android.text.format.DateFormat
                    .getTimeFormat(context);
            timeZoneTimeFormat.setTimeZone(timeZone);
            sTimeZoneTimeFormats.put(timeZone.getID(), timeZoneTimeFormat);
        }
        return timeZoneTimeFormat.format(date);
    }
}

Related

1. getCurrentTimeForTimezone(Context context, String timezone)
2. getDateTimeForTimeZone(String str)