Java Timestamp Format formatDateWithCinderellaTime(Date date)

Description

Format a date in the following format 2007-09-27 23:59:00

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
passoutDate	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
FordResourceException	an exception

Return

Timestamp

Declaration

public static Timestamp formatDateWithCinderellaTime(Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.sql.Timestamp;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class Main {
    /**// w  w  w  .j  a  va 2 s . c  om
    * Format a date in the following format 
     * 2007-09-27 23:59:00
    * @param passoutDate
    * @return Timestamp
    * @throws FordResourceException
    */
    public static Timestamp formatDateWithCinderellaTime(Date date) {

        GregorianCalendar gregorianCalendar = new GregorianCalendar();
        gregorianCalendar.setTime(date);
        gregorianCalendar.set(GregorianCalendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 23);
        gregorianCalendar.set(GregorianCalendar.MINUTE, 59);
        gregorianCalendar.set(GregorianCalendar.SECOND, 0);
        Date formattedPassoutDate = gregorianCalendar.getTime();

        return new Timestamp(formattedPassoutDate.getTime());
    }

    public static Timestamp formatDateWithCinderellaTime(String date) {
        try {
            return formatDateWithCinderellaTime(convertToDate(date));
        } catch (ParseException pe) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Convert a String into a date
     * @param   dateAsString. A String entered that is to be converted
     * to a string.
     * @return   The java.util.Date version of the string
     * @throws  ParseException if the date can not be converted     
     */
    public static Date convertToDate(String dateAsString) throws ParseException {
        Date utilDate = null;

        if (isDatePopulated(dateAsString)) {
            DateFormat df = DateFormat.getInstance();
            df.setLenient(false);
            SimpleDateFormat sf = (SimpleDateFormat) df;
            sf.applyPattern("dd/MM/yyyy");
            utilDate = sf.parse(dateAsString);
        }
        return utilDate;
    }

    /**
     * Determine whether an attribute is populated.
     * @param attribute
     * @return true if the attribute contains a value.
     */
    public static boolean isDatePopulated(String attribute) {
        boolean populated = true;
        if ((attribute == null) || (attribute.trim().length() == 0) || (attribute.equalsIgnoreCase("dd/mm/yy"))
                || (attribute.equalsIgnoreCase("dd/mm/yyyy"))) {
            populated = false;
        }
        return populated;
    }
}

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