Web | This Site

Java Basics Examples
Java Tutorial
Java Useful Resources
Selected Reading
© 2011 TutorialsPoint.COM

| Home |  | References |  | Discussion Forums |  | About TP

# Java Examples - Displaying date in differrent formats

## Problem Description:

How to display date in different formats ?

## Solution:

This example displays the names of the weekdays in short form with the help of DateFormatSymbols().getWeekdays() method of DateFormatSymbols class.

    import java.text.*;
    import java.util.*;
    public class Main {
       public static void main(String[] args) {
          Date dt = new Date(1000000000000L);

          DateFormat[] dtformat = new DateFormat[6];
          dtformat[0] = DateFormat.getInstance();
          dtformat[1] = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
          dtformat[2] = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);
          dtformat[3] = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL);
          dtformat[4] = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG);
          dtformat[5] = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);

          for(DateFormat dateform : dtformat)
             System.out.println(dateform.format(dt));
      }
    }

## Result:

The above code sample will produce the following result.

    9/9/01 7:16 AM
    Sep 9, 2001
    Sep 9, 2001
    Sunday, September 9, 2001
    September 9, 2001
    9/9/01

Advertisement

Online Image Processing

Indian Baby Names