Java Date GMT Format timeStampGMT(Date date)

Description

Creates a formatted timestamp string of the given date in GMT.

License

Open Source License

Return

timestamp

Declaration

public static String timeStampGMT(Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    public static final TimeZone GMT = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");
    public static final SimpleDateFormat FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd-HHmmss");

    /**
     * Creates a formatted timestamp string of the current date in GMT.
     * 
     * @return timestamp
     */
    public static String timeStampGMT() {
        return timeStamp(new Date(), GMT);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a formatted timestamp string of the given date in GMT.
     * 
     * @return timestamp
     */
    public static String timeStampGMT(Date date) {
        return timeStamp(date, GMT);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a formatted timestamp string of the given epoch in GMT.
     * 
     * @return timestamp
     */
    public static String timeStampGMT(long t) {
        return timeStamp(new Date(t), GMT);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a formatted timestamp string of the current datetime using the
     * local host timezone.
     * 
     * @return timestamp
     */
    public static String timeStamp() {
        return timeStamp(new Date(), null);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a formatted timestamp string of the given date using the local
     * host timezone.
     * 
     * @param date
     * @return timestamp
     */
    public static String timeStamp(Date date) {
        return timeStamp(date, null);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a formatted timestamp string of the given date using the
     * specified timezone.
     * 
     * @param date
     * @param zone
     * @return timestamp
     */
    public static String timeStamp(Date date, TimeZone zone) {
        if (zone == null) {
            zone = TimeZone.getDefault();
        }
        FORMAT.setTimeZone(zone);
        return FORMAT.format(date);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a formatted timestamp string of the given epoch using the local
     * host timezone.
     * 
     * @param t
     *            unix epoch timestamp
     * @return timestamp
     */
    public static String timeStamp(long t) {
        return timeStamp(new Date(t), null);
    }
}

Related

1. getTzToGmt(String dateStr, String dateFormat, String beforeTimeZone, String afterTimeZone)
2. parseDate(String gmtTimeString)
3. parseGMT(String gmtTime)
4. parseGMTDatetime(String str)
5. parseGMTTime(Long time, String format)
6. toGMTString(Date d)
7. toGMTString(Date dtIn)
8. toStringWithoutGMT(Date date)