Java Data Type How to - Remove time from a Date object

Question

We would like to know how to remove time from a Date object.

Answer

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.Format;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    Date date = new Date();
    Format formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
    String s = formatter.format(date);
    System.out.println(s);

    date = new Date();
    String df = DateFormat.getDateInstance().format(date);
    System.out.println(df);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.