Utilities class for converting date/time related strings

DateTimeUtils.java

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class DateTimeUtils {

    public static String getCurrentDateToFormat(SimpleDateFormat dateFormat) {
        return dateToFormat(new Date(), dateFormat);
    }

    public static String dateToFormat(Date date, SimpleDateFormat dateFormat) {
        return dateFormat.format(date);
    }

    public static Date dateFromStringFormat(String string, SimpleDateFormat dateFormat) {
        Date date = null;
        try {
            date = dateFormat.parse(string);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return date;
    }

    public static String formatToFormat(String dateString, SimpleDateFormat fromFormat, SimpleDateFormat toFormat) {
        String formattedString = "";
        try {
            Date date = fromFormat.parse(dateString);
            formattedString = toFormat.format(date);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return formattedString;
    }
}