Date Format

1. Format date in yyyyMMdd

       import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

       import java.util.Date;

public static String formatDate(Date date){

String formattedDate1 = "";

String DATE_FORMAT_NOW = "yyyy-MM-dd";

        if(date == null)

     return formattedDate1;

 SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT_NOW);

 String formattedDate = sdf.format(date );

 StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(formattedDate,"-"); 

 while(st.hasMoreTokens()){ 

 formattedDate1 = formattedDate1.concat(st.nextToken());

 }

 return formattedDate1;

}