With this example we are going to demonstrate how to format a date in default formats with DateFormat. Default formats are provided by the DateFormat API to control the length of the result, from SHORT, MEDIUM to LONG and FULL. In short, to format a date in default formats with DateFormat you should:
- Create a new Date.
- For each one of the default formats invoke the
getDateInstance(int style)API method to get the date formatter with the specific formatting style. - Then invoke the
format(Date date)API method to format the Date into a date string.
Let’s take a look at the code snippet that follows:
package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.core;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class FormatDateInDefaultFormatsWithDateFormat {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Date now = new Date();
// format date in Short format
String strDate = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT).format(now);
System.out.println(strDate);
// format date in Medium format
strDate = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM).format(now);
System.out.println(strDate);
// format date in Long format
strDate = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG).format(now);
System.out.println(strDate);
// format date in Full format
strDate = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL).format(now);
System.out.println(strDate);
}
}
Output:
10/20/11
Oct 20, 2011
October 20, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
This was an example of how to format a date in default formats with DateFormat in Java.
