Java Date Format formatDate(Date date)

Description

Formats the time to the Docker-standard format.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	Date to be converted

Return

String in the following format: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSSSSS'Z' Up to nanoseconds, but actually the last 6 digits are null in the current implementation.

Declaration

public static @Nonnull 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;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Formats the time to the Docker-standard format.
     * @param date Date to be converted
     * @return String in the following format: {@code yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSSSSS'Z'} 
     *      Up to nanoseconds, but actually the last 6 digits are null in the current implementation.
     */
    public static @Nonnull String formatDate(Date date) {
        TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
        DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS");
        df.setTimeZone(tz);
        return df.format(date) + "000000Z";
    }
}