Java Date to String DateToString(Date Expression)

Description

Date To String

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String DateToString(Date Expression) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//  w  w w . jav a  2 s.  c  o m
 * Copyright (c) 2001-2002. Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University. All Rights Reserved.
 * This software is published under the GPL GNU General Public License.
 * This program 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 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 
 *
 * This program 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.
 *
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 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 *
 * This software was written for the
 * Department of Family Medicine
 * McMaster University
 * Hamilton
 * Ontario, Canada
 */

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Calendar;

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    private static String defaultPattern = "yyyy/MM/dd";
    private static Locale locale = Locale.CANADA;

    public static String DateToString(Date Expression) {
        return DateToString(Expression, defaultPattern);
    }

    public static String DateToString(Calendar Expression) {
        if (Expression == null)
            return DateToString(null, defaultPattern);
        return DateToString(Expression.getTime(), defaultPattern);
    }

    public static String DateToString(Date Expression, String pattern) {
        if (Expression != null) {
            SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, locale);

            return df.format(Expression);
        } else {
            return "";
        }
    }

    public static String DateToString(Date Expression, String pattern, Locale locale2) {
        if (Expression != null) {
            SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, locale2);

            return df.format(Expression);
        } else {
            return "";
        }
    }
}

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