Java Parse Date parseDateToStr(Date date)

Description

Parse Date to array of string

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	: date to be converted

Return

array of string where String[0] = dd, String[1] = mm, String[2] = yyyy

Declaration

public static String[] parseDateToStr(Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  www  . ja v a 2 s. c  o m
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 * Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore
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 * Copyright 2012 Team 4(Part-Time), ISS, NUS, Singapore. All rights reserved.
 * Use of this source code is subjected to the terms of the applicable license
 * agreement.
 *
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------
 * REVISION HISTORY
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------
 * DATE             AUTHOR          REVISION      DESCRIPTION
 * 10 March 2012    Chen Changfeng   0.1            Class creating
 *                                        
 *                                        
 *                                        
 *                                        
 * 
 */

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Parse Date to array of string
     *
     * @param    date : date to be converted
     * @return    array of string where String[0] = dd, String[1] = mm, String[2] = yyyy
     */
    public static String[] parseDateToStr(Date date) {
        String strFormat = "ddMMyyyy";
        SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(strFormat);
        String[] arrDate = new String[3];
        String strDate = null;
        if (date == null)
            return arrDate;

        strDate = dateFormat.format(date);
        arrDate[0] = strDate.substring(0, 2);
        arrDate[1] = strDate.substring(2, 4);
        arrDate[2] = strDate.substring(4);
        return arrDate;
    }

    /**
     * Get the formatted string of the given date instance based on the
     * date format provided.
     * <p>
     * @param  date   The date that needs to be formatted.
     * @param  format The format to be applied to the date.
     * @return The formatted Date String.
     */
    public static String format(Date date, String format) {
        if (date == null || format == null)
            return null;

        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format);

        return sdf.format(date);
    }
}

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