Here you can find the source of formatDate(DateTime aDateTime)
public static String formatDate(DateTime aDateTime)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w .j a va 2 s . c o m * OpenAir Event Program Model * Copyright (C) 2012 Michal Linhard <michal@linhard.sk> * * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of * the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org. */ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Calendar; import org.joda.time.DateTime; public class Main { public static final String XML_DATE_FORMAT = "dd-MM-yyyy"; public static String formatDate(DateTime aDateTime) { if (aDateTime == null) { return null; } SimpleDateFormat theFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(XML_DATE_FORMAT); theFormat.setTimeZone(Calendar.getInstance().getTimeZone()); return theFormat.format(aDateTime.toDate()); } }