Java Date toString() Method

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Description

The Java Date toString() method converts this Date to a String of the form: dow mon dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Date.toString() method

public String toString()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

The method returns a string representation of this date.

Exception

NA

Getting String representation of Date Object Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Date toString() method. We're creating a date instance and using toString() we've printed the corresponding string representation of the date object.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Instant;
import java.util.Date;

public class DateDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create a date
      Date date = Date.from(Instant.now());

      // display current date
      System.out.println("The current date shows: " + date.toString());
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

The current date shows: Mon Apr 01 12:08:25 IST 2024