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How to format a date in Java?

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The methods to FORMAT the data in Java are provided in the class java.text.SimpleDateFormat. This class is a concrete class that is used for formatting and parsing the date and it inherits from the java.text.DateFormat class.

A program to format the date in Java using the java.text.SimpleDateFormat is given as FOLLOWS:

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;   import java.util.Date;   public class Demo {      public static void MAIN(String[] args)    {        Date d = new Date();          SimpleDateFormat SDformat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd / MM / yy");          String curDate = SDformat.format(d);          System.out.println("The date is: " + curDate);      } }

The OUTPUT of the above program is as follows:

The date is: 14 / 12 / 18


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