Format Date in java

• DateFormatUtils.format Utility method is used to format date from date to string.
• You can use this method with the help of commons-lang-2.6.jar.
• You can download this jar from Here.

1. package commonsUtils;
2. import java.util.Date;
3. 
   
4. import org.apache.commons.lang.time.DateFormatUtils;
5. 
   
6. public class SampleRunnable {
7. 
   
8. public static void main(String[] args) {
9. // TODO Auto-generated method stub
10. Date today = new Date();
11. String firstPattern = DateFormatUtils.format(today,"MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
12. System.out.println("Date to String in MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss::"+firstPattern);
13. String secondPattern = DateFormatUtils.format(today,"dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
14. System.out.println("Date to String in dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss::"+secondPattern);
15. String thirdPattern = DateFormatUtils.format(today,"MM/dd/yyyy");
16. System.out.println("Date to String in MM/dd/yyyy::"+thirdPattern);
17. String fourthPattern = DateFormatUtils.format(today,"dd/MM/yyyy");
18. System.out.println("Date to String in dd/MM/yyyy::"+fourthPattern);
19. }
20. 
    
21. }

Output :

 Date to String in MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss::07/17/2013 15:06:30
 Date to String in dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss::17/07/2013 15:06:30
 Date to String in MM/dd/yyyy::07/17/2013
 Date to String in dd/MM/yyyy::17/07/2013