Java yyyy formatDate(Date date, String pattern)

Description

format Date

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String formatDate(Date date, String pattern) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    public static String formatDate(Date date, String pattern) {
        if (pattern == null || pattern.equals("") || pattern.equals("null")) {
            pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd";
        }//from   w  w w. ja v  a  2s. c o m
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
        return sdf.format(date);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string the represents the passed-in date parsed according to
     * the passed-in format. Returns an empty string if the date or the format
     * is null.
     **/
    public static String format(Date aDate, SimpleDateFormat aFormat) {
        if (aDate == null || aFormat == null) {
            return "";
        }
        synchronized (aFormat) {
            return aFormat.format(aDate);
        }
    }
}

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