How do I format a date into dd/mm/yyyy?

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Formatting a display is a common requirement when creating a program. Information in a good format can be seen as an added value to the user of the program. Using Java SimpleDateFormat we can easily format a date in our program.

package org.kodejava.example.text;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class DateFormatExample {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Date date = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
		
		//
		// Display a date in day, month, year format
		//
		DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
		String today = formatter.format(date);
		System.out.println("Today : " + today);
		
		//
		// Display date with day name in a short format
		//
		formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd/MM/yyyy");
		today = formatter.format(date);
		System.out.println("Today : " + today);
		
		// 
		// Display date with a short day and month name
		//
		formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy");
		today = formatter.format(date);		
		System.out.println("Today : " + today);

		//
		// Formatting date with full day and month name and show time up to
		// milliseconds with AM/PM
		//
		formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, dd MMMM yyyy, hh:mm:ss.SSS a");
		today = formatter.format(date);		
		System.out.println("Today : " + today);
	}
}

Let's view what we got on the console:

Today : 02/12/2007
Today : Sun, 02/12/2007
Today : Sun, 02 Dec 2007
Today : Sunday, 02 December 2007, 08:03:17.828 AM
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