Java Date UTC Format formatDate(Date date, String pattern, boolean toUTC)

Description

Format date to string using specified pattern.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	the date
pattern	the pattern
toUTC	the to utc

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	the parse exception

Return

the string

Declaration

public static String formatDate(Date date, String pattern, boolean toUTC) throws ParseException 

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;

import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Format date to string using specified pattern.
     * 
     * @param date
     *            the date
     * @param pattern
     *            the pattern
     * @param toUTC
     *            the to utc
     * @return the string
     * @throws ParseException
     *             the parse exception
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date date, String pattern, boolean toUTC) throws ParseException {
        DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
        if (toUTC) {
            TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
            df.setTimeZone(tz);
        }
        return df.format(date);
    }
}

Related

1. createUTCDateFormatter(String dateFormat)
2. FormatAsUtc(Date date)
3. formatAsUTC(java.util.Date date, String pattern)
4. formatTimeStamp(byte[] btValue, int iOffset, int iLength, int iUtcOffset)
5. formatUTC(Date date, String format)
6. formatUtcDateIfNotNull(final Date date)
7. formatUtcTime(long tval)