Java Timestamp Format getTimestamp(boolean useTwentyFourFormat)

Description

Generates message timestamp.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
useTwentyFourFormat	If true, return hour in 24 hour format.

Return

Returns message timestamp.

Declaration

public static String getTimestamp(boolean useTwentyFourFormat) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from w ww.j av  a  2s.c o m*/
 * Copyright (C) 2012 Aleksi Postari (@kulttuuri, aleksi@postari.net)
 * License type: MIT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License)
 * This code is part of project Vaadin Irkkia.
 * License in short: You can use this code as you wish, but please keep this license information intach or credit the original author in redistributions.
 * 
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), 
 * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, 
 * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Generates message timestamp.
     * @param useTwentyFourFormat If true, return hour in 24 hour format.
     * @return Returns message timestamp.
     */
    public static String getTimestamp(boolean useTwentyFourFormat) {
        return "<small>" + getCurrentHour(useTwentyFourFormat) + ":"
                + getCurrentMinutes() + "</small> ";
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current hour.
     * @param useTwentyFourFormat If true, will return in 24 hour format. Otherwise in 12 hour format.
     * @return Returns the current hour in given format.
     */
    private static String getCurrentHour(boolean useTwentyFourFormat) {
        return new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(
                useTwentyFourFormat == true ? "H" : "h")
                .format(new java.util.Date());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current minutes.
     * @return Current minutes.
     */
    private static String getCurrentMinutes() {
        return new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("m")
                .format(new java.util.Date());
    }
}

Related

1. getFormattedTimestamp()
2. getFormattedTimestamp(@Nonnull Date date)
3. getFormattedTimestamp(File file)
4. getFormattedTimeStamp(long timestamp, String formatString)
5. getFullTimestampFormatter(Locale locale)
6. getTimeStamp(String format)
7. getTimestamp(String format)
8. getTimestampFormat()
9. getTimeStampFormat(Date date)