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package com.eucalyptus.ws.util;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;
public class SerializationUtils {
/**
* Serialise a date as xsd:dateTime format with seconds to three decimal places (non-canonical)
*
* @param date The date to format
* @return The formatted date
*/
public static String serializeDateTime( final Date date ) {
final SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'.'SSS'Z'" );
format.setTimeZone( TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC") );
return format.format( date );
}
}