to format date in java code example

Example 1: how to format ddmmmyyyy to ddmmyy in java

SimpleDateFormat format1 = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
    SimpleDateFormat format2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy");
    Date date = format1.parse("05/01/1999");
    System.out.println(format2.format(date));

Example 2: date format in java

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

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