public String getDateStringOrSuppliedString ( String emptyDateString ) { LocalDate date = getDate ( ) ; return ( date == null ) ? emptyDateString : date . toString ( ) ; }
getDateStringOrSuppliedString This returns the last valid date in an ISO - 8601 formatted string uuuu - MM - dd . For any CE years that are between 0 and 9999 inclusive the output will have a fixed length of 10 characters . Years before or after that range will output longer strings . If the last valid date is empty this will return the value of emptyDateString .