Java Hour Format formatCurrentTime(final String format)

Description

format the current time

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
format	a parameter

Return

String

Declaration

public static String formatCurrentTime(final String format) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

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

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

    /**//from ww w .j ava2 s .co  m
     * format the current time
     * 
     * @param format
     * @return String
     */
    public static String formatCurrentTime(final String format) {
        return dateToString(getTime(), format);
    }

    /**
     * format date to string format:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
     * 
     * @param date
     * @return String
     */
    public static String dateToString(final Date date) {
        return dateToString(date, YEAR_MONTH_DAY_HOUR_MINUTE_SECOND);
    }

    /**
     * format date to string
     * 
     * @param date
     * @param format
     * @return String
     */
    public static String dateToString(final Date date, final String format) {
        return dateToString(date, format, null);
    }

    /**
     * format date to string
     * 
     * @param date
     * @param format
     * @param locale
     * @return String
     */
    public static String dateToString(final Date date, final String format, Locale locale) {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format, locale == null ? Locale.getDefault() : locale);
        return sdf.format(date);
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Method: get current date type Date
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return java.util.Date
     */
    public static Date getTime() {
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(Locale.getDefault());
        return calendar.getTime();
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Method: get current date type Date
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param locale
     * @return java.util.Date
     */
    public static Date getTime(Locale locale) {
        if (locale == null) {
            locale = Locale.getDefault();
        }
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(locale);
        return calendar.getTime();
    }
}

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2. formatCreationDate(String creationDate)
3. formatCurrentDateForDebug()
4. formatCurrentTime()
5. formatCurrentTime()
6. formatDate(Calendar currentDate, String pattern)
7. formatDate(Calendar time)
8. formatDate(Date d, String pattern, TimeZone tz)
9. formatDate(Date d, TimeZone tz)