Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.TimeZone; public class Main { public static String formatISO8601(Date date, String format) { String result = ""; if (date != null) { SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format); TimeZone timeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"); dateFormat.setTimeZone(timeZone); try { result = dateFormat.format(date); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); return result; } } return result; } }