Java Date Format As formatDateAsFileSystemName()

Description

Returns a date formatted in the standard syncvoice format

License

Open Source License

Return

String

Declaration

public static String formatDateAsFileSystemName() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*  ww  w .  j  av a  2  s .c  om*/
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import java.util.Date;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns a date formatted in the standard syncvoice format
     * @return String
     */
    public static String formatDateAsFileSystemName() {

        final Date date = createDate();
        return formatDate(date, "yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss");
    }

    /**
     * Creates an offset version of the current time
     * @return Date
     */
    public static Date createDate() {

        // return new Date (getCurrentTimeMillis ());
        return new Date();
    }

    /**
     * Returns a date formatted in the given format
     * @param date
     * @param format
     * @return String
     */
    public static String formatDate(final Date date, final String format) {
        final SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        return simpleDateFormat.format(date);
    }
}

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