Java Date to String dateToString(Date date, String pattern)

Description

Date converted to a string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	target date
pattern	fomate pattern

Return

String

Declaration

public static String dateToString(Date date, String pattern) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    /**/*  w  w  w  . j  av  a2 s  .c o m*/
     * Date converted to a string.
     * 
     * <pre>
     *  DateUtils.dateToString(new Date(0), "yyyyMMdd") --> 19700101
     * </pre>
     * 
     * @param date target date
     * @param pattern fomate pattern
     * @return String
     */
    public static String dateToString(Date date, String pattern) {
        return getDateFormat(pattern).format(date);
    }

    /**
     * return date format with Locale US.
     * 
     * @param pattern date format pattern.
     * @return DateFormat
     */
    public static DateFormat getDateFormat(String pattern) {
        return new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, Locale.US);
    }
}

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