Java Date Format convertDateToString(Date dateObject, String dateFormat)

Description

Method to convert the Date to String, Format of date to be specified.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateObject	a parameter
dateFormat	a parameter

Declaration

public static String convertDateToString(Date dateObject, String dateFormat) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/* ww w. j  a va2s  .  c o  m*/
 *   theMovieDb-V3-API
 *   Copyright (C) 2012  Amith GC
 *   
 *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *   (at your option) any later version.
 *   
 *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.
 *   
 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 *   @author Amith GC
 */

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Method to convert the Date to String, Format of date to be specified.
     * @param dateObject
     * @param dateFormat
     * @return
     */
    public static String convertDateToString(Date dateObject, String dateFormat) {
        if (dateObject == null || isStringBlank(dateFormat)) {
            return null;
        }
        SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat);
        StringBuilder nowYYYYMMDD = new StringBuilder(dateFormatter.format(dateObject));
        return nowYYYYMMDD.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Method to Validate the String
     * @param string
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean isStringBlank(String string) {
        if (string == null || string.isEmpty()) {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

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