Java Date Format formatDate(Date value)

Description

Converts the given date to a string.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
value	the value to convert

Return

the formatted date

Declaration

public static String formatDate(Date value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   w  w  w. j  ava 2 s .  c  o  m
 * Copyright 2012-2013 TopCoder, Inc.
 *
 * This code was developed under U.S. government contract NNH10CD71C. 
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Default date format.
     */
    private static final String MM_DD_YYYY = "MM/dd/yyyy";

    /**
     * Converts the given date to a string.
     *
     * @param value the value to convert
     * @return the formatted date
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date value) {
        if (value == null) {
            return "";
        }
        return new SimpleDateFormat(MM_DD_YYYY).format(value);
    }
}

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