Java UTC Date nowUtc(String pattern)

Description

Returns the current system date as string with the specified format

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String nowUtc(String pattern) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  ww w  .jav  a  2  s. c om*/
     * Returns the current system date as string with the specified format
     */
    public static String nowUtc(String pattern) {
        final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
        dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
        return dateFormat.format(now());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current system date
     */
    public static Date now() {
        return new Date();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current system date as string with the specified format
     */
    public static String now(String pattern) {
        return new SimpleDateFormat(pattern).format(now());
    }
}

Related

1. getUtcTimestamp()
2. getUTCTimestamp(Date date)
3. getUtcTimestampAsString(Date date)
4. getUTCTimeString4Digits(Date date)
5. nowInUTC()
6. nowUTCString()
7. SerializeUtc(Date dt)
8. stringToUTC(String utc)
9. toUTCDate(String dateStr)