add method to build default DateTime string

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/common/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DateTimeUtils.java b/common/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DateTimeUtils.java
index 1e219b784..dbc9faba6 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DateTimeUtils.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DateTimeUtils.java
@@ -107,6 +107,20 @@ public class DateTimeUtils {
   }
   
   /**
+   * Builds a <code>dateTime</code> value in UTC from a <code>Calendar</code> value.
+   * @param cal the <code>Calendar</code> value
+   * @return the <code>dateTime</code> value
+   */
+  public static String buildDateTimeUTC(Date cal) {
+    
+	  SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
+	  f.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
+	  
+	  return f.format(cal);
+	  
+  }
+  
+  /**
    * Builds a <code>dateTime</code> value from a <code>Calendar</code> value.
    * @param cal the <code>Calendar</code> value
    * @return the <code>dateTime</code> value