Java Hour Format formatDate(final Date date, String pattern)

Description

format date by given pattern

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String formatDate(final Date date, String pattern) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

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

    /**//from ww  w.j a va  2 s  .c o m
     * format date by given pattern
     */
    public static String formatDate(final Date date, String pattern) {
        if (date == null) {
            return null;
        }
        if (pattern == null) {
            pattern = DEFAULT_PATTERN;
        }
        final SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
        return formatter.format(date);
    }

    public static String formatDate(final Date date) {
        if (null == date) {
            return "";
        }
        final SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_PATTERN);
        return formatter.format(date);
    }
}

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