Here you can find the source of getCurrentDateString()
static String getCurrentDateString()
//package com.java2s; /*//www . ja va2 s . co m * The MIT License (MIT) * * Copyright (c) 2018 PikeTec GmbH * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and * associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, * sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or * substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT * NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { private static final SimpleDateFormat DDMMYYHHMMSS = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yy HH:mm:ss"); /** * @return the current date. Used for the logs */ static String getCurrentDateString() { Date date = new Date(); // acquire date before waiting for lock return formatDate(DDMMYYHHMMSS, date); } /** * @param format * @param date * @return formatted date */ static String formatDate(DateFormat format, Date date) { synchronized (format) { return format.format(date); } } }