Java Locale Format format(String format, Date date, Locale locale)

Description

format

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
locale	can be null

Return

if date is null will return a blank string.

Declaration

public static String format(String format, Date date, Locale locale) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from   ww w  .  j  ava  2s  .  com*/
 * Copyright (c) 2001-2002. Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University. All Rights Reserved.
 * This software is published under the GPL GNU General Public License.
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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 *
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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 *
 * This software was written for the
 * Department of Family Medicine
 * McMaster University
 * Hamilton
 * Ontario, Canada
 */

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    /**
     * @param locale can be null
     * @return if date is null will return a blank string.
     */
    public static String format(String format, Date date, Locale locale) {
        if (date == null)
            return ("");

        SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = null;

        if (locale == null)
            dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        else
            dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format, locale);

        return (dateFormatter.format(date));
    }
}

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