How do I format a date-time value?

Date: 2010-09-16. Category: java.text examples. Hits: 48K time(s).

In the DateFormat class there are some predefined constants that we can use to format a date time value. Here is an example of it.

package org.kodejava.example.text;

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

public class DefaultDateFormatExample {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Date date = new Date();

		//
		// Format date in a short format
		//
		String today = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT,
				DateFormat.SHORT).format(date);
		System.out.println("Today " + today);

		//
		// Format date in a medium format
		//
		today = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM,
				DateFormat.MEDIUM).format(date);
		System.out.println("Today " + today);

		//
		// Format date in a long format
		//
		today = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG, 
						DateFormat.LONG).format(date);
		System.out.println("Today " + today);
	}
}

And you'll see the result as follow:

Today 12/2/07 8:17 AM
Today Dec 2, 2007 8:17:09 AM
Today December 2, 2007 8:17:09 AM ICT

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