Here you can find the source of getCurrentDateAsString(DateFormat df)
public static String getCurrentDateAsString(DateFormat df)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w .jav a2 s . c o m * Copyright (c) 2012. The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich, UK * MISO project contacts: Robert Davey @ TGAC * ********************************************************************* * * This file is part of MISO. * * MISO is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * MISO is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with MISO. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * ********************************************************************* */ import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static String getCurrentDateAsString(DateFormat df) { return df.format(new Date()); } public static String getCurrentDateAsString() { return getCurrentDateAsString(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd")); } }