Java Date Format As formatDateForGMT(Date moonDate)

Description

Useful date-to-string formatting which I found myself using a lot

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
moonDate	a parameter

Return

the date in GMT timezone

Declaration

public static String formatDateForGMT(Date moonDate) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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 *  Copyright 2011 Brad Parks
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import java.text.DateFormat;
import static java.text.DateFormat.SHORT;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Useful date-to-string formatting which I found myself using a lot
     * 
     * @param moonDate
     * @return the date in GMT timezone
     */
    public static String formatDateForGMT(Date moonDate) {
        DateFormat sdf = SimpleDateFormat.getDateInstance(SHORT);
        ((SimpleDateFormat) sdf).applyPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");
        ((SimpleDateFormat) sdf).setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
        return sdf.format(moonDate);
    }
}

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