Java Now nowAsString()

Description

Return "now" as readable string (date in yyyy/MM/dd format)

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String nowAsString() 

Method Source Code

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

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /** Return "now" as readable string (date in yyyy/MM/dd format) */
    public static String nowAsString() {
        return nowAsString("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss z");
    }

    public static String nowAsString(String formatString) {
        DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(formatString);
        return df.format(new Date());
    }
}

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