Main.java Source code

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//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /**
     * getTodaysDate
     *
     * @param format the date format in which to return the date
     * @return today's date in the specified format
     */
    public static Date getTodaysDate(String format) {
        Date date = new Date();
        String dateString = getDateAsString(date, format, null);
        return getStringAsDate(dateString, format, null);
    }

    /**
     * getDateAsString
     * Convert a date into a string
     *
     * @param date   the date
     * @param format the format in which to return the string
     * @return the new formatted date string
     */
    public static String getDateAsString(Date date, String format, String timezone) {
        DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format, Locale.getDefault());
        if (timezone == null) {
            formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
        } else {
            formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone(timezone));
        }
        return formatter.format(date);
    }

    /**
     * getStringAsDate
     *
     * @param dateString a string in date format
     * @param format     the resulting date format
     * @return a new date in the specified format
     */
    public static Date getStringAsDate(String dateString, String format, String timezone) {
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format, Locale.getDefault());
        if (timezone == null) {
            formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
        } else {
            formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
        }
        Date date = new Date();
        try {
            date = formatter.parse(dateString);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return date;
    }
}