Java Date Format convertDateToString(Date date)

Description

Return the UTC date and time in W3C format down to second (yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ).

License

Apache License

Return

the formatted time string.

Declaration

public static String convertDateToString(Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Return the UTC date and time in W3C format down to second
     * (yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ). i.e.: 1997-07-16T19:20:30Z
     *
     * @return the formatted time string.
     */
    public static String convertDateToString(Date date) {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm'Z'");
        sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
        return sdf.format(date);
    }

    public static TimeZone getTimeZone(String tzId) {
        if (tzId == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid TimeZone: " + tzId);
        }
        TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone(tzId);
        if (!tz.getID().equals(tzId)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid TimeZone: " + tzId);
        }
        return tz;
    }
}

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