Java Program To Convert Date To String

Chapter: Miscellaneous Last Updated: 11-08-2023 17:12:16 UTC

Program:

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

public class DateToStringConverter {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Create a Date object
        Date currentDate = new Date();

        // Create a SimpleDateFormat object with the desired format
        SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");

        // Convert the Date to a String
        String dateString = dateFormat.format(currentDate);

        // Print the converted String
        System.out.println("Current Date as String: " + dateString);
    }
}

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Output

Current Date as String: 2023-08-11 15:30:45

Notes:

• Java program demonstrates how to convert a Date object, which represents a point in time, into a human-readable String using a specific format.
• The SimpleDateFormat class is used to define the format in which the date should be displayed as a string. We create a SimpleDateFormat object called dateFormat and provide the desired format pattern as a string: "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss". This pattern includes placeholders for the year (yyyy), month (MM), day (dd), hours (HH), minutes (mm), and seconds (ss).
• We use the dateFormat object's format method to convert the currentDate into a formatted string according to the pattern. The result is stored in the dateString variable.
• Finally, we print out the converted date string using the System.out.println statement. The output will show the current date and time in the specified format.

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