Java Time Now getNowStrDateVerbose()

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Description

Gets "now" in verbose format.

License

Open Source License

Return

a String containing a date in verbose format

Declaration

public static String getNowStrDateVerbose() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    private static final String DATETIME_PATTERN = "dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss";
    private static final TimeZone DEFAULT_TIME_ZONE = TimeZone.getDefault();

    /**
     * Gets "now" in verbose format.
     * @return  a String containing a date in verbose format
     */
    public static String getNowStrDateVerbose() {
        SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MMMMM.dd hh:mm:ss aaa z");
        Calendar opDate = Calendar.getInstance();
        df.setTimeZone(DEFAULT_TIME_ZONE);
        return df.format(opDate.getTime());
    }

    /**
     * Formats a string in known date-time form from a date object,
     * using default time zone.
     * NOTE: This should ONLY be used if the caller has no knowledge of the
     * time zone to be used. Most of the time the overloaded method below
     * should be used.
     * @param  date  the date to be formatted
     * @return  a String containing a date in known date-time form, or null
     */
    public static String format(Date date) {
        return format(date, DEFAULT_TIME_ZONE);
    }

    /**
     * Formats a string in known date-time form from a date object,
     * using the specified time zone.
     * @param  date  the date to be formatted
     * @param  tz  the TimeZone to be used when parsing the date string
     * @return  a String containing a date in known date-time form, or null
     */
    public static String format(Date date, TimeZone tz) {
        SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(DATETIME_PATTERN, Locale.US);
        df.setTimeZone(tz);
        return df.format(date);
    }
}

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  5. getNowStr()
  6. getNowString()
  7. getNowString()
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