Here you can find the source of appendDate(StringBuffer dateString, Calendar calendar)
private static void appendDate(StringBuffer dateString, Calendar calendar)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w . j a v a2s . c om*/ * Copyright (c) 2017, WSO2 Inc. (http://www.wso2.org) All Rights Reserved. * * WSO2 Inc. licenses this file to you 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.util.Calendar; public class Main { private static void appendDate(StringBuffer dateString, Calendar calendar) { int year = calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR); if (year < 1000) { dateString.append("0"); } if (year < 100) { dateString.append("0"); } if (year < 10) { dateString.append("0"); } dateString.append(year).append("-"); // sql date month is started from 1 and calendar month is // started from 0. so have to add one int month = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1; if (month < 10) { dateString.append("0"); } dateString.append(month).append("-"); if (calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH) < 10) { dateString.append("0"); } dateString.append(calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)); } }