programming-examples/java/Basics/BasicDateFormatting.java

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BasicDateFormatting
package com.ack.j2se.date;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
public class BasicDateFormatting {
public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception {
// get today's date
Date today = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
// create a short version date formatter
DateFormat shortFormatter
= SimpleDateFormat.getDateInstance( SimpleDateFormat.SHORT );
// create a long version date formatter
DateFormat longFormatter
= SimpleDateFormat.getDateInstance( SimpleDateFormat.LONG );
// create date time formatter, medium for day, long for time
DateFormat mediumFormatter
= SimpleDateFormat.getDateTimeInstance( SimpleDateFormat.MEDIUM,
SimpleDateFormat.LONG );
// use the formatters to output the dates
System.out.println( shortFormatter.format( today ) );
System.out.println( longFormatter.format( today ) );
System.out.println( mediumFormatter.format( today ) );
// convert form date -> text, and text -> date
String dateAsText = shortFormatter.format( today );
Date textAsDate = shortFormatter.parse( dateAsText );
System.out.println( textAsDate );
}
}