creating time stamp in java


Here is a quick reference for creating time stamp in Java using SimpleDateFormat. The example comes from Konstantina Dimtsa’s snippet on Java Code Geeks. Please refer to the original post for more details.

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package com.javacodegeeks.corejava.text;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
public class {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Date curDate = new Date();
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat();
String DateToStr = format.format(curDate);
System.out.println("Default pattern: " + DateToStr);
format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd");
DateToStr = format.format(curDate);
System.out.println(DateToStr);
format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-M-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
DateToStr = format.format(curDate);
System.out.println(DateToStr);
format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy zzzz", Locale.ENGLISH);
DateToStr = format.format(curDate);
System.out.println(DateToStr);
format = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM dd HH:mm:ss zzzz yyyy",
Locale.ITALIAN);
DateToStr = format.format(curDate);
System.out.println(DateToStr);
format = new SimpleDateFormat("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z");
DateToStr = format.format(curDate);
System.out.println(DateToStr);
try {
Date strToDate = format.parse(DateToStr);
System.out.println(strToDate);
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}