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toString, display format


package egtry.date;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class DisplayFormat {


	public static void main(String[] args) {

		Date today=new Date();
		SimpleDateFormat formatter=new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy");
		System.out.println(formatter.format(today)); //Aug 07, 2011
	}

}


date format quick reference

Letter Example Comment
G AD
yyyy 2011
yy 11
MMMM August
MMM Aug
MM 08
www 033 week in year
ww 33
w 33
W 2 week in month
WW 02
WWW 002
D 219 day in year
DD 219
DDDD 0219
d 7 day in month
EEE Sun day in week
EEEE Sunday
aa PM morning or afternoon
HH 18 has 0th hour
kk 18 0th hour is 24th hour
KK 06 0th hour is 12th hour
hh 06 1-12
mm 16 minute in hour
ss 07 second in minute
S 781 milisecond
SS 781 milisecond
SSS 781
z CDT general time zone
Z -500 RFC 822 time zone