Java Hour Format formatUIDate(Calendar calendar)

Description

Utility routine that takes in a Calendar referece and returns a date/time stamp suitable for use in a Portlets environment.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
calendar	a parameter

Return

Date/timestamp suitable for display.

Declaration

public static String formatUIDate(Calendar calendar) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Utility routine that takes in a Calendar referece and returns a date/time stamp suitable for use
     * in a Portlets environment.
     *
     * @param calendar
     * @return Date/timestamp suitable for display.
     * @deprecated Use TimeUtil.formatUIDate
     */
    public static String formatUIDate(Calendar calendar) {
        SimpleDateFormat fmt = null;

        /**
         * Set format depending upon whether we have a timestamp component to the calendar.
         * Ok, this is slightly flawed as an assumption as we could be bang on midnight.......
         */
        if ((calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR) == 0) && (calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE) == 0)
                && (calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND) == 0)) {
            fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy");
        } else {
            fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy hh:mm a");
        }

        return fmt.format(calendar.getTime());
    }
}

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