Introduction A pattern of special characters is used to specify the format of the date. The example below demonstrates some of the characters. For a complete listing, see the javadoc documentation for the SimpleDateFormat class. Note: This example formats dates using the default locale (which, in the author's case, is Locale.ENGLISH). If the example is run in a different locale, the text (e.g., month names) will not be the same. The code ... Code: Format formatter; // The year formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yy"); // 06 formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy"); // 2006 // The month formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("M"); // 9 formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM"); // 09 formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM"); // Oct formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM"); // October // The day formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("d"); // 9 formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd"); // 09 // The day in week formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("E"); // Sat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE"); // Saturday // Get today's date Date date = new Date(); // Some examples formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy"); String s = formatter.format(date); // 10/29/06 formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy"); s = formatter.format(date); // 29-Oct-06 // Examples with date and time; see also // e316 Formatting the Time Using a Custom Format formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss"); s = formatter.format(date); // 2006.10.29.08.36.33 formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z"); s = formatter.format(date); // Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:14:02 +0530
