protected String convertToString()

in src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/DateTimeConverter.java [119:160]


    protected String convertToString(final Object value) {
        Date date = null;
        if (value instanceof Date) {
            date = (Date) value;
        } else if (value instanceof Calendar) {
            date = ((Calendar) value).getTime();
        } else if (value instanceof Long) {
            date = new Date(((Long) value).longValue());
        } else if (value instanceof LocalDateTime) {
            date = java.sql.Timestamp.valueOf((LocalDateTime) value);
        } else if (value instanceof LocalDate) {
            date = java.sql.Date.valueOf((LocalDate) value);
        } else if (value instanceof ZonedDateTime) {
            date = Date.from(((ZonedDateTime) value).toInstant());
        } else if (value instanceof OffsetDateTime) {
            date = Date.from(((OffsetDateTime) value).toInstant());
        } else if (value instanceof TemporalAccessor) {
            // Backstop for other TemporalAccessor implementations.
            date = Date.from(Instant.from((TemporalAccessor) value));
        }

        String result = null;
        if (useLocaleFormat && date != null) {
            DateFormat format = null;
            if (patterns != null && patterns.length > 0) {
                format = getFormat(patterns[0]);
            } else {
                format = getFormat(locale, timeZone);
            }
            logFormat("Formatting", format);
            result = format.format(date);
            if (log().isDebugEnabled()) {
                log().debug("    Converted  to String using format '" + result + "'");
            }
        } else {
            result = value.toString();
            if (log().isDebugEnabled()) {
                log().debug("    Converted  to String using toString() '" + result + "'");
            }
        }
        return result;
    }