Java Hour Format formatCapDate(Calendar cal)

Description

Formats the given date as a [datetime].

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
cal	the date and time zone to format

Return

a string of the form "2011-10-28T12:00:01+00:00"

Declaration

public static String formatCapDate(Calendar cal) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;

public class Main {
    private static final String DATETIME_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZ";

    /**
     * Formats the given date as a [datetime].
     *
     * @param cal the date and time zone to format
     * @return a string of the form "2011-10-28T12:00:01+00:00"
     */
    public static String formatCapDate(Calendar cal) {
        SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(DATETIME_FORMAT);
        format.setTimeZone(cal.getTimeZone());
        StringBuilder ret = new StringBuilder(format.format(cal.getTime()));
        // SimpleDateFormat doesn't include the colon in the timezone, so add it
        // here
        ret.insert(ret.length() - 2, ':');
        return ret.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. formatAsHour(long l)
2. formatAsRoundTripDate(Date date)
3. formatAsXsdDateTime(Date date)
4. formatCalendarForXpath(Calendar date)
5. formatCalTime(Date time)
6. formatCompleteDate(Date date)
7. formatCreationDate(String creationDate)
8. formatCurrentDateForDebug()
9. formatCurrentTime()