Java/Velocity/Date Tool

Velocity Date tool: get and format

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import java.io.StringWriter; import java.io.Writer; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.TimeZone; import org.apache.velocity.Template; import org.apache.velocity.VelocityContext; import org.apache.velocity.app.Velocity; import org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.DateTool; public class DateToolExample {

 public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
   Velocity.init();
   Template t = Velocity.getTemplate("./src/dateTool.vm");
   VelocityContext ctx = new VelocityContext();
   ctx.put("date", new DateTool());
   Calendar aDate = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("PST"));
   aDate.set(200, 11, 25);
   ctx.put("aDate", aDate);
   Writer writer = new StringWriter();
   t.merge(ctx, writer);
   System.out.println(writer);
 }

}

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Today"s date is: $date Today"s date is also: $date.long #* using property shortcut *# Today"s date is also: $date.get("long") #* using full syntax *# The date and time is: $date.default $date.short Another date is: $aDate Another date is also: $date.format("medium", $aDate)

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