Java Utililty Methods Date Format

SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT_DASHED_DD_MM_YYYY);
f.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
return f.format(date);

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, (int) list.get(0));
cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, (int) list.get(1) - 1);
cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, (int) list.get(2));
Date date = cal.getTime();
DateFormat requiredFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM YYYY");
return requiredFormat.format(date);

if (_date == null) {
    return "1970-01-01";
return new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").format(_date);

return dfA.format(aDate);

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.setTime(d);
return df.format(c.getTime());

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
return df.format(d);

if (s_df == null)
    s_df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz");
return s_df.format(d);

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.setTimeInMillis(d.getTime());
return formatNumber("00", c.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1) + "/"
        + formatNumber("00", c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)) + "/"
        + formatNumber("00", c.get(Calendar.YEAR) % 100);

return format(d, DATE_FORMAT);

return DATE_FORMAT.format(d);