Java UTC Date getUTCTime()

Description

get UTC Time

License

Apache License

Return

UTC time

Declaration

public static String getUTCTime() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//ww w  . ja  v a 2 s  .c om
 * Copyright  2006-2010 Soyatec
 * 
 * Licensed 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. 
 *
 * $Id$
 */

import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    private static final String EEE_DD_MMM_YYYY_HH_MM_SS_Z_FORMAT = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z";
    private static final String TIME_ZONE_GMT = "GMT";

    /**
     * @return UTC time
     */
    public static String getUTCTime() {
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = (SimpleDateFormat) DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.MONTH_FIELD,
                DateFormat.LONG, Locale.US);
        formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone(TIME_ZONE_GMT));
        formatter.applyPattern(EEE_DD_MMM_YYYY_HH_MM_SS_Z_FORMAT);
        return formatter.format(new Date());
    }
}

Related

1. getUTCDateFromString(String date)
2. getUtcDateString()
3. getUtcDateStringFromTimestamp(Date timeStamp)
4. GetUTCdatetimeAsString()
5. GetUtcNow()
6. getUTCTime()
7. getUTCTime(final Date inDate)
8. getUtcTimestamp()
9. getUtcTimestamp()