format date java 8 code example

Example 1: date format in java

String pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd";
SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);

String date = simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
System.out.println(date);

Example 2: date format in java

DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");

try {
    LocalDate date = formatter.parse(text, LocalDate::from);
} catch (DateTimeParseException e) {
    // Thrown if text could not be parsed in the specified format
}