Java Date Now getCurrentDateTime()

Description

Returns the current date formatted for the UI

License

Educational Community License

Return

the current date formatted for the UI

Declaration

public static String getCurrentDateTime() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*ww  w  .  j  av  a  2  s.  co  m*/
 * Copyright 2005-2015 The Kuali Foundation
 *
 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    private static final String CURR_TZ_FORMAT = "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm a";

    /**
     * Returns the current date formatted for the UI
     * @return the current date formatted for the UI
     */
    public static String getCurrentDateTime() {
        return toUIDateTimeString(new Date());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the specified date formatted for the UI
     * @return the specified date formatted for the UI
     */
    public static String toUIDateTimeString(Date d) {
        return createCurrTz().format(d);
    }

    /** date formats are not thread safe so creating a new one each time it is needed. */
    private static DateFormat createCurrTz() {
        return new SimpleDateFormat(CURR_TZ_FORMAT);
    }
}

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