Here you can find the source of formatDate(final Date date)
@Deprecated public static String formatDate(final Date date)
//package com.java2s; /**/*from w ww. jav a2s . c o m*/ * Copyright (C) 2011 BonitaSoft S.A. * BonitaSoft, 32 rue Gustave Eiffel - 38000 Grenoble * 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 2.0 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/>. */ import java.text.DateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { /** * @deprecated Use DateFormat instead */ @Deprecated public static String formatDate(final Date date) { String dateStr = null; if (date != null) { final DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG, Locale.ENGLISH); dateStr = df.format(date); } return dateStr; } }