Date Format Example
This example shows how to format Date using Format class. In this program we use
a pattern of special characters to date and time format.
Description of the code :
SimpleDateFormat() : SimpleDateFormat class use for formatting and parsing dates. It allows for formatting date into text , parsing text into date and normalization.
format() : This method used for format Date class object into date / time and appends it into the StringBuffer.
DateFormat.java
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
public class DateFormat {
public static void main(String args[]) {
String s;
Format formatter;
Date date = new Date();
// 01/09/02
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy");
s = formatter.format(date);
System.out.println(s);
// 01/09/02
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yy");
s = formatter.format(date);
System.out.println(s);
// 29-Jan-02
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy");
s = formatter.format(date);
System.out.println(s);
// 2002.01.29.08.36.33
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss");
s = formatter.format(date);
System.out.println(s);
// Tue, 09 Jan 2002 22:14:02 -0500
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z");
s = formatter.format(date);
System.out.println(s);
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzzz");
s = formatter.format(date);
System.out.println(s);
}
}
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Output
10/11/08
11/10/08
11-Oct-08
2008.10.11.12.08.24
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:08:24 +0530
Saturday, 11 October 2008 12:08:24 India Standard Time
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