Formatting a Date Using a Custom Format - Java Date Time

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Description

Formatting a Date Using a Custom Format

Demo Code

import java.text.Format;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    Format formatter;/*  w  w w  .ja  v  a  2 s .c  om*/

    // The year
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yy"); // 02
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy"); // 2002

    // The month
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("M"); // 1
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM"); // 01
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM"); // Jan
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM"); // January

    // The day
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("d"); // 9
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd"); // 09

    // The day in week
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("E"); // Wed
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE"); // Wednesday

    // Get today's date
    Date date = new Date();

    // Some examples
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy");
    String s = formatter.format(date);
    System.out.println(s);

    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy");
    s = formatter.format(date);
    System.out.println(s);

    // Examples with date and time; see also
    // Formatting the Time Using a Custom Format
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss");
    s = formatter.format(date);
    System.out.println(s);

    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z");
    s = formatter.format(date);
    System.out.println(s);
  }

}

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