Java Date Create buildDateTimeUTC(Calendar cal)

Description

Builds a dateTime value in UTC from a Calendar value.

License

EUPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
cal	the <code>Calendar</code> value

Return

the dateTime value

Declaration

public static String buildDateTimeUTC(Calendar cal) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w  w w  .  j  av  a 2 s  .c  o m*/
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 * Chancellery Austria - ICT staff unit, and Graz University of Technology.
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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Builds a <code>dateTime</code> value in UTC from a <code>Calendar</code> value.
     * @param cal the <code>Calendar</code> value
     * @return the <code>dateTime</code> value
     */
    public static String buildDateTimeUTC(Calendar cal) {

        SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
        f.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));

        return f.format(cal.getTime());
    }

    /**
     * Builds a <code>dateTime</code> value in UTC from a <code>Calendar</code> value.
     * @param cal the <code>Calendar</code> value
     * @return the <code>dateTime</code> value
     */
    public static String buildDateTimeUTC(Date cal) {

        SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
        f.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));

        return f.format(cal);

    }
}

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6. castToDate(Object value)
7. create(int year, int month, int date, TimeZone timeZone)
8. createDate(final Date date)
9. createDate(final Date date)