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Format and Parse Date in Java
To format a date in Java, firstly import the following package.
import java.text.DateFormat;
Now, create DateFormat object.
DateFormat shortFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT); DateFormat longFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG);
Use the format() method to format the above dates.
System.out.println(shortFormat.format(new Date())); System.out.println(longFormat.format(new Date()));
To parse the dates, use the parse() method.
Example
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Date;
public class Demo {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
// format date
DateFormat shortFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);
DateFormat longFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG);
System.out.println("Format Date...");
System.out.println(shortFormat.format(new Date()));
System.out.println(longFormat.format(new Date()));
// parse date
System.out.println("Parse Date...");
Date d1 = shortFormat.parse("11/21/2018");
System.out.println(d1);
}
}Output
Format Date... 11/22/18 November 22, 2018 Parse Date... Wed Nov 21 00:00:00 UTC 2018
Updated on: 26-Jun-2020
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