Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * This file is part of the au-xml-util package * * Copyright Trenton D. Adams <trenton daught d daught adams at gmail daught ca> * * au-xml-util is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your * option) any later version. * * au-xml-util is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public * License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with au-xml-util. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * See the COPYING file for more information. */ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.*; public class Main { /** * Converts the "now" calendar into xs:date format by calling {@link * #xsDateFormat(Calendar)} * * @return the new format yyyy-MM-dd */ public static String xsDateFormatNow() { return xsDateFormat(Calendar.getInstance()); } /** * Converts the calendar into a string formated according to the xs:date * format. * * @param calendar the calendar to convert, must not be null * * @return the new format yyyy-MM-dd */ public static String xsDateFormat(final Calendar calendar) { final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat; dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); return dateFormat.format(calendar.getTime()); } }