java date formatter 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: java date time

import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;  
public class CurrentDateTimeExample1 {  
  public static void main(String[] args) {  
   DateTimeFormatter dtf = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
   LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now();
   System.out.println(dtf.format(now));
  }  
}

Example 3: date format in java

String pattern = "EEEEE dd MMMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSSZ";
SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat =
        new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, new Locale("da", "DK"));

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