Java Date RFC Format getRFC1123Date()

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Description

Retrieves the current date suitable for RFC 1123

License

Open Source License

Return

the current date suitable for the RFC 1123 standard as a string (e.g., Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 CEST)

Declaration

public synchronized static String getRFC1123Date() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from   w  ww.  j  ava 2  s .  com
* 
* Copyright (C) 2004-2008 FhG Fokus
*
* This file is part of the FhG Fokus UPnP stack - an open source UPnP implementation
* with some additional features
*
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*
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*/

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;

import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    private static SimpleDateFormat rfc1123 = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.US);

    /**
     * Retrieves the current date suitable for RFC 1123
     * 
     * @return the current date suitable for the RFC 1123 standard as a string (e.g., Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 CEST)
     */
    public synchronized static String getRFC1123Date() {
        return rfc1123.format(Calendar.getInstance().getTime());
    }
}

Related

  1. get3339Date(String rfc3339Date)
  2. getRfc1123DateFormat()
  3. getRFC2616Date(Date date)
  4. getRFC3339String(Calendar timestamp)
  5. getRFC822()