SimpleDateFormat to format second value

In this chapter you will learn:

  1. Formatting seconds using SimpleDateFormat

Formatting seconds using SimpleDateFormat

We can see from the output that the s and ss would show the same value.

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();
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("s");
    System.out.println("seconds in s format : " + sdf.format(date));

    sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("ss");
    System.out.println("seconds in ss format : " + sdf.format(date));
  }
}

The output:

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What you will learn in the next chapter:

  1. Formatting TimeZone using SimpleDateFormat