Use various format


import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main{

  public static void main(String args[]) {
    Date date = new Date();
    SimpleDateFormat sdf;
    sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z");
    System.out.println(sdf.format(date));
    sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, MMM d, ''yy");
    System.out.println(sdf.format(date));
    sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("h:mm a");
    System.out.println(sdf.format(date));

    sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("hh 'o''clock' a, zzzz" );
    System.out.println(sdf.format(date));

    sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("K:mm a, z");
    System.out.println(sdf.format(date));

    sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa");
    System.out.println(sdf.format(date));

    sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z");
    System.out.println(sdf.format(date));

    sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyMMddHHmmssZ");
    System.out.println(sdf.format(date));

    sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ");
    System.out.println(sdf.format(date));

  }
}

The output:


2010.10.30 AD at 10:36:09 PDT
Sat, Oct 30, '10
10:36 AM
10 o'clock AM, Pacific Daylight Time
10:36 AM, PDT
02010.October.30 AD 10:36 AM
Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:36:09 -0700
101030103609-0700
2010-10-30T10:36:09.656-0700

MM/dd/yy

 


import java.util.Date;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Date date = new Date();
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy");
    String strDate = sdf.format(date);
    System.out.println("formatted date in mm/dd/yy : " + strDate);

  }
}

The output:


formatted date in mm/dd/yy : 11/14/10

dd/MM/yyyy

 



import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Date date = new Date();
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
    String strDate = sdf.format(date);
    System.out.println("formatted date in dd/MM/yyyy : " + strDate);
    
  }
}

The output:


formatted date in dd/MM/yyyy : 14/11/2010

MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss

 
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Date date = new Date();
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
    String strDate = sdf.format(date);
    System.out.println("formatted date in MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss:" + strDate);
    
  }
}

The output:


formatted date in MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss:11-14-2010 10:02:55

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