[Java] Utility Class for Date Formatting

Sample class contains methods that parses Date object to different formats. This class can be used as utility class in converting Date object to String or Calendar.


import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

public class MyDateUtility
{
private final static Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(MyDateUtility.class .getName());

/**
* Parses the date from YYMMDD to yyyy-MM-dd+HH:mm format.
* @param date - cyymmdd
* @return
*/
public static String formatDate1(String date)
 {
Date d1 = null;
SimpleDateFormat df=new SimpleDateFormat("yyMMdd");
SimpleDateFormat output = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd+HH:mm");
Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();

try 
  {
d1 = df.parse(date);
} catch (ParseException e) 
  {
e.printStackTrace();
}
   cal.setTime(d1);
   
   return output.format(d1);

}//end method

       /**
       * Return String Date based on the toFormat parameter.
       */
public static String formatDate(String date, String currentFormat, String toFormat)
 {
Date d1 = null;
SimpleDateFormat df=new SimpleDateFormat(currentFormat);
SimpleDateFormat output = new SimpleDateFormat(toFormat);
Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();

try 
  {
d1 = df.parse(date);
} catch (ParseException e) 
  {
e.printStackTrace();
}
   cal.setTime(d1);
   
   return output.format(d1);
}//end method

/**
        * Return Date in Calendar format.
        */
public static Calendar getCalendarObject(String date, String format)
 {
Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
SimpleDateFormat output = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
try 
  {
cal.setTime(output.parse(date));
} catch (ParseException e) 
  {
e.printStackTrace();
}

return cal;
}//end method

/**
* Format Calendar object to string based on the passed format.
* @param cal
* @param format - e.g. yyyy-MM-dd+HH:mm
* @return
*/
public static String calendarToStringFormat(Calendar cal, String format)
        {
SimpleDateFormat output = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
return output.format(cal.getTime());
}//end method

}//end class