Java Format - Java SimpleDateFormat() Constructor








Syntax

SimpleDateFormat() constructor from SimpleDateFormat has the following syntax.

public SimpleDateFormat()

Example

In the following code shows how to use SimpleDateFormat.SimpleDateFormat() constructor.

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat();
    
    String date = formatter.format(new Date());
    System.out.println("date = " + date);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.