Java Date ISO Parse toStringForComparison(Date date)

Description

to String For Comparison

License

BSD License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	the Date object

Return

string date in "yyyy/MM/dd" format

Declaration

public static String toStringForComparison(Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from   ww  w  .j  av  a  2s  .  c  o m
 * Copyright 5AM Solutions Inc, ESAC, ScenPro & SAIC
 *
 * Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.
 * See http://ncip.github.com/caintegrator/LICENSE.txt for details.
 */

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    /**
     * @param date the Date object
     * @return string date in "yyyy/MM/dd" format
     */
    public static String toStringForComparison(Date date) {
        if (date == null) {
            return "";
        }
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd", Locale.getDefault());
        return formatter.format(date);
    }
}

Related

1. timestampAsIsoString(long timestamp)
2. toCalendar(final String iso8601string)
3. toDate(String isoDate)
4. toIsoString(Calendar value)
5. toIsoString(Date date)
6. tryParse(String isoDateTime)