Java Now formatNow()

Description

format Now

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String formatNow() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   www.  j a  v a2 s.co m
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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    public static final String ISO_FORMAT_SECONDS = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'";
    public static final TimeZone GMT = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");
    private static final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat();

    public static String formatNow() {
        return formatDateISO(new Date());
    }

    public static String formatDateISO(Date date) {
        if (date == null) {
            return null;
        }
        synchronized (sdf) {
            sdf.applyPattern(ISO_FORMAT_SECONDS);
            sdf.setTimeZone(GMT);
            return sdf.format(date);
        }
    }
}

Related

1. calNow()
2. compareDateWithNow(Date date1)
3. compareWithNow_2(String t)
4. formatNow()
5. formatNow()
6. formatNow(String fmt)
7. formatNow(String pattern)
8. formatNow(String style)