Java yyyy formatDate(Date unformattedDate, String format)

Description

Formats a give date with the supplied format

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
unformattedDate	the date to be formated
format	the format to be formated like dd/mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yy etc refer SimpleDateFormat for supported format.

Declaration

public static String formatDate(Date unformattedDate, String format) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**// ww  w  . j  a  v  a  2  s . c  o  m
     * Formats a give date with the supplied format
     * @param unformattedDate the date to be formated
     * @param format the format to be formated like dd/mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yy etc 
     * refer SimpleDateFormat for supported format. 
     * @return
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date unformattedDate, String format) {
        String formattedDate = "";

        try {
            DateFormat df = DateFormat.getInstance();
            SimpleDateFormat sf = (SimpleDateFormat) df;
            sf.applyPattern(format);
            formattedDate = df.format(unformattedDate);

        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
            //LOG.log(Level.WARNING, "Error Formatting Date:" + unformattedDate);
        }
        return formattedDate;
    }
}

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