Java Date to String dateToUtcString(Date date)

Description

Transform given Date into String using pattern yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	date to format

Return

String

Declaration

public static String dateToUtcString(Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  ww w  .jav a2s  . c o  m
 * Copyright (C) 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
 * Copyright (c) 2016 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 */

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    private static final TimeZone TZ_UTC = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
    private static final String[] DATE_AND_TIME_FORMATS = { "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'",
            "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'" };

    /**
     * Transform given {@link Date} into {@link String} using pattern
     * yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'.
     *
     * @param date
     *            date to format
     * @return String
     */
    public static String dateToUtcString(Date date) {
        final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_AND_TIME_FORMATS[0]);
        sdf.setTimeZone(TZ_UTC);
        return sdf.format(date);
    }
}

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3. dateToStringWithTime(Date date)
4. dateToTimeString(Date date)
5. dateToUTCDate(Date d)
6. dateToW3c(Date d)
7. dateToW3CDTF(Date date)
8. dateToW3CDTF(Date date)
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