DateFormat.format(), DateFormat.parse() : Date « Utility Classes « SCJP

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2. Utility Classes
3. Date

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Date;

public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] argv) {

    Date d1 = new Date(1000000000000L);
    System.out.println("d1 = " + d1.toString());

    DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);
    String s = df.format(d1);
    System.out.println(s);

    try {
      Date d2 = df.parse(s);
      System.out.println("parsed = " + d2.toString());
    } catch (ParseException pe) {
      System.out.println("parse exc");
    }

  }
}

d1 = Sat Sep 08 18:46:40 PDT 2001
08/09/01
parsed = Sat Sep 08 00:00:00 PDT 2001