Java Utililty Methods Date Now

SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
String date = format.format(new Date());
try {
    return format.parse(date);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
return null;
...

return formatDateTime(SIMPLE_DATE_FROMAT, new Date());

String returnValue = null;
SimpleDateFormat targetFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(CORDYS_DATE_FORMAT);
returnValue = targetFormat.format(new Date());
return returnValue;

Format formatter = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss");
return formatter.format(new Date());

String date = getCurrentDate("yyyyMMdd");
return date;

SimpleDateFormat pattern = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
pattern.setCalendar(now);
return pattern.format(now.getTime());

return getCurrentDateTime().substring(0, 11);

return new SimpleDateFormat(getDateFormat()).format(new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()));

return DATE_FORMATER.format(System.currentTimeMillis());

DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyyyyHHmmss");
Date date = new Date();
return dateFormat.format(date);