how to format a object to date string java code example

Example 1: date to string java

Date date = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();  
    DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss");  
    String strDate = dateFormat.format(date);

Example 2: Java convert date to string

// java convert date to string
import java.util.Date;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
public class DateToStringDemo
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      Date dt = new Date();
      SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
      String strDate = sdf.format(dt);
      System.out.println("Date format - MM/dd/yyyy to string is : " + strDate);
      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-M-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
      System.out.println("Date format - dd-M-yyyy hh:mm:ss to string is : " + strDate);
      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy");
      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
      System.out.println("Date format - dd MMMM yyyy to string is : " + strDate);
      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy zzzz");
      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
      System.out.println("Date format - dd MMMM yyyy zzzz to string is : " + strDate);
      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z");
      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
      System.out.println("Date format - E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z to string is : " + strDate);
   }
}