Java Utililty Methods Date Now

String returnStr = null;
SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss");
Date date = new Date();
returnStr = f.format(date);
return new BigDecimal(returnStr);

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
int hour = calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
int minute = calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
int second = calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND);
int millisecond = calendar.get(Calendar.MILLISECOND);
String mDateFormat = "";
DecimalFormat twoDigitFormat = new DecimalFormat("00");
mDateFormat = twoDigitFormat.format(hour) + twoDigitFormat.format(minute) + twoDigitFormat.format(second)
...

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyyyy_HHmmssS");
Date timeStr = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
return formatter.format(timeStr);

return DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.US).format(new Date())
        .replaceAll("/", "-");

SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat("yyMMddHHmmss_");
return f.format(Calendar.getInstance().getTime());

String time = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(Calendar.getInstance().getTime());
time = time.replaceAll(":", "_");
time = time.replaceAll(",", "");
return time;

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(_16DIGIT_DATE_TIME_MYSQL);
return sdf.format(new Date());

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(_16DIGIT_DATE_TIME_MYSQL);
return sdf.format(getTimezoneDate(_DEFAULT_TIMEZON));

return getTime(getCurrentTimeInLong(), dateFormat);

Date date = new Date();
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
return sdf.format(date);