Java convert date to string

Let’s learn java convert date to string.

Java convert date to string

To convert date to string, format() method of DateFormat class is used. Here DateFormat class is an abstract class and it’s child class is SimpleDateFormat class.

The syntax and example for format() method of DateFormat class is as below.

Syntax:

String format(Date date)

Parameters:

date the time value to be formatted into a date-time string.

Returns:

the formatted date-time string.

Example:

Date dt = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(“yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss”);

String strDate = df.format(dt); // Output: 2015-24-08 02:40:27

Let’s see program to convert date to string.

import java.util.Date;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
public class DateToStringDemo
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      Date dt = new Date();
      SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
      String strDate = sdf.format(dt);
      System.out.println("Date format - MM/dd/yyyy to string is : " + strDate);
      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-M-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
      System.out.println("Date format - dd-M-yyyy hh:mm:ss to string is : " + strDate);
      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy");
      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
      System.out.println("Date format - dd MMMM yyyy to string is : " + strDate);
      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy zzzz");
      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
      System.out.println("Date format - dd MMMM yyyy zzzz to string is : " + strDate);
      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z");
      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
      System.out.println("Date format - E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z to string is : " + strDate);
   }
}

Output:

Date format – MM/dd/yyyy to string is : 12/18/2018
Date format – dd-M-yyyy hh:mm:ss to string is : 18-12-2018 02:20:35
Date format – dd MMMM yyyy to string is : 18 December 2018
Date format – dd MMMM yyyy zzzz to string is : 18 December 2018 India Standard Time
Date format – E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z to string is : Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:20:35 IST