Java Locale Format formatDate(Date date, String format)

Description

format date

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	yyyymmdd
format	a parameter

Declaration

public static String formatDate(Date date, String format) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    /**//from  w w  w.j a  v a2  s  .  c  o  m
     * format date
     * 
     * @param date yyyymmdd
     * @param format
     * @return
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date date, String format) {
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format, Locale.US);
        String sysdate = formatter.format(date);
        return sysdate;
    }

    /**
     * format date
     * 
     * @param date yyyymmdd
     * @param format
     * @return Date
     * @throws ParseException
     */
    public static Date formatDate(String date, String format) throws ParseException {
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format, Locale.US);
        return formatter.parse(date);
    }
}

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