DateUtil.java

/**
 * *************************************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 2014 GGA Software Services LLC
 * <p>
 * This file may be distributed and/or modified under the terms of the
 * GNU General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software
 * Foundation.
 * <p>
 * This file is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE
 * WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 * <p>
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
 * *************************************************************************
 */
package com.ggasoftware.uitest.utils;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;

/**
 * DateUtils.now("dd MMMMM yyyy")
 * DateUtils.now("yyyyMMdd")
 * DateUtils.now("dd.MM.yy")
 * DateUtils.now("MM/dd/yy")
 * DateUtils.now("yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' hh:mm:ss z")
 * DateUtils.now("EEE, MMM d, ''yy")
 * DateUtils.now("h:mm a")
 * DateUtils.now("H:mm:ss:SSS")
 * DateUtils.now("K:mm a,z")
 * DateUtils.now("yyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa")
 */
public final class DateUtil {

    private static final String DATE_FORMAT_NOW = "yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss-SSS";

    private DateUtil() {
    }

    /**
     * Get time now
     * @return time on specify format
     */
    public static String now() {
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT_NOW);
        return sdf.format(cal.getTime());
    }

    /**
     * Get time now
     * @param dateFormat for time
     * @return time on specify format
     */
    public static String now(String dateFormat) {
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat);
        return sdf.format(cal.getTime());
    }
}