2005-03-18 #1

Java Date formatting

Many people complaining that date formatting is a paing in java. It might be easier then you think. Here is the example:

DateFormat fDateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);
System.out.println(fDateFormat.format(new Date()));

For more details on DateFormat see the API: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/DateFormat.html

and more:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/i18n/format/simpleDateFormat.html