In the DateFormat
class there are some predefined constants that we can use to format a date time value. Here is an example of it.
package org.kodejava.example.text;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class DefaultDateFormatExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Date date = new Date();
// Format date in a short format
String today = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT,
DateFormat.SHORT).format(date);
System.out.println("Today " + today);
// Format date in a medium format
today = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM,
DateFormat.MEDIUM).format(date);
System.out.println("Today " + today);
// Format date in a long format
today = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG,
DateFormat.LONG).format(date);
System.out.println("Today " + today);
}
}
And you’ll see the result as follow:
Today 2/1/18, 9:13 PM
Today Feb 1, 2018, 9:13:20 PM
Today February 1, 2018 at 9:13:20 PM CST
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