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