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public static String format(java.util.Date date, String pattern)
//package com.java2s; /**// www . j a va 2s .com * Copyright 2015 Jan Lolling jan.lolling@gmail.com * * 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. */ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; public class Main { /** * format: returns the formatted date as String. * * {talendTypes} String * * {Category} TimestampUtil * * {param} Date(date) date : date to format * * {param} String(pattern) pattern : date to format * * {example} format(date, "dd.MM.yyyy") */ public static String format(java.util.Date date, String pattern) { if (date != null) { return new SimpleDateFormat(pattern).format(date); } else { return null; } } }