Format date/time
java.text.SimpleDateFormat
The subwritten code formats the current date:
SimpleDateFormat sd = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss"); String dateString = sd.format(new Date()); System.out.println(dateString); // And back: Date date = sd.parse(dateString);
Possible parameters/codes:
| Code | Meaning | Example |
| G | era as text | AD |
| y | year | 2011 |
| M | month in a year | 7 |
| MM | month in a year with 0 for January | 6 |
| MMM | month in a year short | Jun |
| MMMM | month in a year long | June |
| d | day in a month | 26 |
| h | hour (1–12) | 9 |
| H | hour per day (0–23) | 18 |
| m | minute of an hour | 12 |
| s | second of a minute | 42 |
| S | millisecond | 264 |
| E | day of a week | Fr |
| EEEE | day of a week long | Friday |
| D | day in a year | 321 |
| F | day of a week in a month | 2 |
| w | week in a year | 24 |
| W | week in a month | 2 |
| a | AM- or PM-text | AM |
| k | hour per day (1–24) | 24 |
| K | hour (0–11) | 11 |
| z | timezone | GMT+02:00 |
| ' | enclosure for a text | Hello |
| '' | single highcomma | ' |
