Java Hour Format format(Date dt)

Description

Format the date using the default date format.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dt	- Date

Exception

Parameter	Description
Exception	an exception

Declaration

public static final String format(Date dt) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**// ww  w .j  a  v  a2s.  co m
 * Copyright 2012 Subho Ghosh (subho dot ghosh at outlook dot com)
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public static final String _DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT_ = "MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss";

    /**
     * Format the date using the default date format.
     * 
     * @param dt
     *            - Date
     * @return
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public static final String format(Date dt) throws Exception {
        DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(_DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT_);
        return formatter.format(dt);
    }

    /**
     * Format the date using the specified date format.
     * 
     * @param dt
     *            - Date
     * @param format
     *            - Date Format
     * @return
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public static final String format(Date dt, String format) throws Exception {
        DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        return formatter.format(dt);
    }
}

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