Here you can find the source of generateTimestamp()
private static String generateTimestamp()
//package com.java2s; /**// w w w .j av a2 s . com * Copyright 2015 StreamSets Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.TimeZone; public class Main { private static final String AUTH_DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'"; private static String generateTimestamp() { SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat( AUTH_DATE_FORMAT); dateFormatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")); return dateFormatter.format(new Date()); } }