Java Date Format formatDate(final Date date)

Description

formats a date object to a nice format

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	the date to format

Return

a nicely formatted date

Declaration

public static String formatDate(final Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.util.Date;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {
    /**// w  w  w .j  ava 2  s.  c o m
     *  formats a date object to a nice format
     * 
     *  @param date the date to format
     *  @return a nicely formatted date
     * 
     */

    public static String formatDate(final Date date) {

        final SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd, yyyy");

        return formatter.format(date);

    }
}

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