Java SimpleDateFormat .applyPattern (String pattern)
Syntax
SimpleDateFormat.applyPattern(String pattern) has the following syntax.
public void applyPattern(String pattern)
Example
In the following code shows how to use SimpleDateFormat.applyPattern(String pattern) method.
import java.text.Format;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
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public class Main {
public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat();
formatter.applyPattern("MMM");
String s = formatter.format(new Date());
System.out.println(s);
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
