Java Hour Format formatCurrentTime()

Description

format Current Time

License

Apache License

Return

the current date and time in RFC-1123 format (e.g. "Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT")

Declaration

public static String formatCurrentTime() 

Method Source Code

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import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    private static final String PATTERN_RFC1123 = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz";
    private static final TimeZone GMT_TIME_ZONE = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");

    /**
     * @return the current date and time in RFC-1123 format (e.g. "Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT")
     */
    public static String formatCurrentTime() {
        return getDateFormat().format(new Date());
    }

    private static DateFormat getDateFormat() {
        SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(PATTERN_RFC1123, Locale.US);
        df.setTimeZone(GMT_TIME_ZONE);
        return df;
    }
}

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6. formatCurrentTime()
7. formatCurrentTime(final String format)
8. formatDate(Calendar currentDate, String pattern)
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