Java yyyy formatShortDate(Date date)

Description

format Short Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String formatShortDate(Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.text.DecimalFormat;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

public class Main {
    static Map<String, SimpleDateFormat> dateFormats = new HashMap<String, SimpleDateFormat>();
    static DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0.00");

    public static String formatShortDate(Date date) {
        return formatDate(date, "EEE, d MMM yyyy");
    }//from  ww w.ja  v  a2s. c o  m

    /**
     * Format a date with a given format. Formats are cached to prevent excessive use of 
     * DateFormat.
     * @param date
     * @param format
     * @return
     */
    public static String formatDate(Date date, String format) {

        if (!dateFormats.containsKey(format)) {
            dateFormats.put(format, new SimpleDateFormat(format));
        }

        if (date == null) {
            return "";
        }

        return dateFormats.get(format).format(date);
    }

    public static String format(Double d) {
        return df.format(d);
    }

    public static String format(Float f) {
        return df.format(f);
    }
}

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