Java Date Now currentDateTimeToEasySortedDateTime()

Description

Get the current date in an easy sorted format (e.g.

License

LGPL

Return

the current date formatted in a string

Declaration

public static final String currentDateTimeToEasySortedDateTime() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w w w . j a v  a 2  s .  c  om*/
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 *
 * Copyright for this code is held jointly by the Genomic platform
 * of the Institut de Biologie de l'?cole normale sup?rieure and
 * the individual authors. These should be listed in @author doc
 * comments.
 *
 * For more information on the Eoulsan project and its aims,
 * or to join the Eoulsan Google group, visit the home page
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 */

import java.util.Calendar;

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Get the current date in an easy sorted format (e.g. 20100225151635)
     * @return the current date formatted in a string
     */
    public static final String currentDateTimeToEasySortedDateTime() {

        return toEasySortedDateTime(new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()));
    }

    /**
     * Get the date in an easy sorted format (e.g. 20100225151635)
     * @param date date to format
     * @return a formatted date in a string
     */
    public static final String toEasySortedDateTime(final Date date) {

        if (date == null) {
            return null;
        }

        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(Locale.ENGLISH);

        return String.format("%04d%02d%02d%02d%02d%02d", cal.get(Calendar.YEAR), cal.get(Calendar.MONTH),
                cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH), cal.get(Calendar.HOUR), cal.get(Calendar.MINUTE),
                cal.get(Calendar.SECOND));
    }
}

Related

1. currentDateStr()
2. currentDateStr(String format)
3. currentDateString()
4. currentDateTime(long time, int type)
5. currentDateTimeMillis()
6. currentGMTDateTime()
7. currentSystemDate()
8. currentXdsDate(int format)
9. getCurrent()