DateFormat supports styles or patterns.
There are four styles you can format a Date object to.
Each style is represented by an int value.
The four int fields that represent the styles are:
ValueExample
DateFormat.SHORT.For example, 12/2/05
DateFormat.MEDIUM.For example, Dec 2, 2005.
DateFormat.LONG.For example, December 2, 2005
DateFormat.FULL.For example, Friday, December 2, 2005
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Date;
public class MainClass {
public static void main(String[] args) {
DateFormat shortDf = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);
DateFormat mediumDf = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);
DateFormat longDf = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG);
DateFormat fullDf = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL);
System.out.println(shortDf.format(new Date()));
System.out.println(mediumDf.format(new Date()));
System.out.println(longDf.format(new Date()));
System.out.println(fullDf.format(new Date()));
// parsing
try {
Date date = shortDf.parse("12/12/2006");
} catch (ParseException e) {
}
}
}
1/26/07
Jan 26, 2007
January 26, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007