Convert java.util.Date to String

Question

II want to convert a java.util.Date object to a String in Java.

The format is 2010-05-30 22:15:52

Answer 1

To convert a Date to a String try DateFormat#format method:

String pattern = "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss";

// Make an instance of SimpleDateFormat used for formatting 

// the string representation of date acc to the chosen pattern

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);

// Get the today date by Calendar object.

Date today = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();        

// Using DateFormat format method we can create a string 

// representation of a date with the defined format.

String todayAsString = df.format(today);

// Print it!

System.out.println("Today is: " + todayAsString);

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