Java Utililty Methods Locale Format

return format(parseDate(dateStr, format), toFormat);

return date == null ? valueForNull : new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, Locale.getDefault()).format(date);

String ret = "";
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
Date date = null;
try {
    date = sdf.parse(strDate);
} catch (Exception e) {
    return ret;
DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG, locale);
ret = df.format(date);
return ret;

Checks if the field is a valid date.

Date date = null;
if (value != null) {
    try {
        DateFormat formatter = null;
        if (locale != null) {
            formatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, locale);
        } else {
            formatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, Locale.getDefault());
...

return formatString2Date(formatDate2String(date, format), format);

if (isNull(date))
    return null;
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
String dateString = "";
try {
    dateString = sdf.format(date);
} catch (Exception e) {
return dateString;

String result = "";
if (date != null) {
    try {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        result = sdf.format(date);
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();
return result;

Preconditions.checkNotNull(date, "Error: Date argument can't be null.");
return DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(date);

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = getDateFormat(format, locale, timeZone);
synchronized (dateFormat) {
    return dateFormat.format(date);

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.CHINA);
return sdf.format(srcDate);