Java Date Format formatDate(Date date)

Description

Format a Date to contain both date and time information with full millisecond precision.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	The date to be formatted.

Return

The formatted date.

Declaration

public static String formatDate(Date date) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

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

public class Main {
    private static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS";
    private static final TimeZone TIME_ZONE = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");

    /**
     * Format a {@link Date} to contain both date and time information with full millisecond precision. The time zone used is always
     * UTC.
     *
     * The result returned by this method is fully compatible with {@link #parseDate(String)}.
     *
     * @param date The date to be formatted.
     * @return The formatted date.
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date date) {
        return createDateFormat().format(date);
    }

    private static DateFormat createDateFormat() {
        DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
        dateFormat.setTimeZone(TIME_ZONE);
        return dateFormat;
    }
}

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