Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2015 Techgrains Technologies * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.TimeZone; public class Main { private static final String DATE_TIME_PATTERN = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"; private static final String DATE_PATTERN = "yyyy-MM-dd"; /** * Current date in format of "yyyy-MM-dd" * @return String */ public static String currentDate() { return formatDate(new Date(), DATE_PATTERN, null); } /** * Format Date by provided pattern along with target Time Zone * Pattern Reference: http://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html * @param date Date * @param pattern String * @param targetTimeZone TimeZone * @return String - formatted string */ public static String formatDate(Date date, String pattern, TimeZone targetTimeZone) { SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern); if (targetTimeZone != null) simpleDateFormat.setTimeZone(targetTimeZone); return simpleDateFormat.format(date); } /** * Format Date by provided pattern * Pattern Reference: http://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html * @param date Date * @param pattern String * @return String - formatted string */ public static String formatDate(Date date, String pattern) { return formatDate(date, pattern, null); } /** * Format Date with default "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss" pattern * @param date Date * @return String - formatted string */ public static String formatDate(Date date) { return formatDate(date, DATE_TIME_PATTERN, null); } }