Question

    import java.util.*;
    import java.io.*;
    public String recToString (boolean format) {

    Date date = new Date();

        File inputFile = new File ("records.txt");
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(inputFile);
        if (format == true){
            format = Date1.usFormat();
            format = Date1.usFormat();
        } else {
            format = Date1.euFormat();
        }      
        }

I plan to call the usFormat and euFormat.

    import java.util.*;
    import java.io.*;

    class Date1 {    
        String month = "";
        String day   = "";
        String year  = "";

        public Date1 (String date)  { 
            StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(date, "/"); 
            month = st.nextToken();
            day   = st.nextToken();
            year  = st.nextToken();
        } //end constructor   

        public  String usFormat () {   
            String date = month + "/" + day + "/" + year;
            return date;
        } //end usFormat   


        public String euFormat () { 
            String date = day + "/" + month + "/" + year;
            return date;
        } //end euFormat 
        } //end class  

Try to ignore any other mistakes please. But if it screws up this and I have to change it to get it, please do tell 🙂

Thanks.

Answer 1

You need to construct a Date1 object and call the methods on that. You need to do something like

...
String dateString = ...
Date1 date1 = new Date1(dateString);
if (format){
  format = date1.usFormat();
} else {
  format = date1.euFormat();
}