public static String format(Date date) {
        String format = LOCAL_DATE_FORMAT.format(date);
        // Java 6 does not have a convenient way of having the colon in the timezone offset
        return format.substring(0,22) + ":" + format.substring(22);
    }
public static String format ( Date date ) { String format = LOCAL_DATE_FORMAT . format ( date ) ; return format . substring ( 0 , 22 ) + ":" + format . substring ( 22 ) ; }
Formats a date as a string that can be sent to the Box API.
@param  date the date to format.
@return      a string containing the formatted date.