Java Programming (Basic Date Formatting)

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` Basic Date Formatting

Letussee anexamplefor Basic Date Formatting.

package com.ack.j2se.date;

import java.text.DateFormat;import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Calendar;

import java.util.Date;Contd



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public class BasicDateFormatting {

public static void main( String[] args ) throws

Exception {

// get today's dateDate today = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();

// create a short version date formatter

DateFormat shortFormatter

= SimpleDateFormat.getDateInstance(

SimpleDateFormat.SHORT );



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// create a long version date formatter

DateFormat longFormatter

= SimpleDateFormat.getDateInstance(SimpleDateFormat.LONG );

// create date time formatter, medium for day, long fortime

DateFormat mediumFormatter

= SimpleDateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(SimpleDateFormat.MEDIUM,

SimpleDateFormat.LONG );



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// use the formatters to output the dates

System.out.println( shortFormatter.format( today )

);

System.out.println( longFormatter.format( today ));

System.out.println( mediumFormatter.format(

today ) );



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// convert form date -> text, and text -> date

String dateAsText = shortFormatter.format( today

);

Date textAsDate = shortFormatter.parse(dateAsText );

System.out.println( textAsDate );

}

}



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` Hereinthe abovecodingwecanseethatthe

programisusedtofetchdate. Dateformats areof

fourtypes, Short, Medium,Long and Full. The

abovefunctions areusedtocallthedate anddate& timeformats aswell.



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// get today's date

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

initializesthedatefunction.Andthefollowingline

// create a short version date formatterDateFormat shortFormatter



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` This andthefollowinglinesofcode arewrittento

includethedifferentdate anddatetimeformats.

The variousdate anddatetimeformats are:



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` SHORT iscompletely numeric,such as 12.13.52

or 3:30pm

` MEDIUM islonger,such as Jan 12, 1952

` LONGislonger,such as January 12, 1952 or3:30:32pm

` FULLispretty completely specified,such as

Tuesday,April 12, 1952 AD or 3:30:42pm PST.



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