Java Date to Timestamp removeTimestamp(Date date)

Description

Removes the timestamp portion of a date

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	a parameter

Declaration

public static Date removeTimestamp(Date date) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Removes the timestamp portion of a date
     * 
     * @param date
     * @return
     */
    public static Date removeTimestamp(Date date) {

        try {
            DateFormat dateFormat = SimpleDateFormat.getDateInstance(SimpleDateFormat.SHORT);
            String dateString = dateFormat.format(date);
            return dateFormat.parse(dateString);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. getTimestamp(Date date)
2. getTimestamp(Date date)
3. getTimestamp(Date date)
4. getTimestamp(Date date)
5. getTimeStamp(Date date, String time)
6. timestamp(Calendar date)
7. timestamp(Date d)
8. timeStamp(Date date)
9. timestamp(Date dateAndTime)