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Month Format Example
Posted on: October 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM

This example shows how to format Month using Format class. In this program we use a pattern of special characters to Month format.

Month Format Example

This example shows how to format Month using Format class. In this program we use a pattern of special characters to Month 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 is used for format Date class object into date / time and appends the it into the StringBuffer.

MonthFormat.java




import java.text.*;

import java.util.*;



public class MonthFormat {







					lor="#ffffff">  public static void main(String args[]) throws ParseException {



  String s;

  Format formatter;

  Date date = new Date();

  date.setMonth(0);





  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("M"); // 1

  s = formatter.format(date);

  System.out.println("Month : " + s);



  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM");  // 01

  s = formatter.format(date);

  System.out.println("Month : " + s);



  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM"); // Jan

  s = formatter.format(date);

  System.out.println("Month : " + s);



  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM");  

  s = formatter.format(date);

// January





  System.out.println("Month : " + s);

  }

}

Output:


Month : 1

Month : 01

Month : Jan

Month : January

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