Java Hour Format formatDate(Date date, String format)

Description

Format date by the format

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	- the source date
format	- the date format

Return

the result String

Declaration

public static String formatDate(Date date, String format) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.text.Format;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public final static String DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT = "yyyyMMddHHmmss";

    public static String formatDate(Date date) {
        if (date == null) {
            return null;
        }//from w  ww  .  ja  v a 2  s  .c  o  m

        Format formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT);
        return formatter.format(date);
    }

    /**
     * Format date by the format
     * @param date - the source date
     * @param format - the date format
     *
     * @return the result String
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date date, String format) {
        if (date == null) {
            return null;
        }

        Format formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        return formatter.format(date);
    }
}

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