Hot to use the DateFormat class to format dates and times

The associated package for DateFormat:

Common static methods:

Method	Description
getDateInstance()	Gets the date formatter with the default formatting style for the default locale
getTimeInstance()	Gets the time formatter with the default formatting style for the default locale
getDateTimeInstance()	Gets the date/time formatter with the default formatting style for the default locale
getDateInstance(intField)	Gets the date formatter with the given formatting style for the default locale
getTimeInstance(intField)	Gets the time formatter with the given formatting style for the default locale
getDateTimeInstance(intField,intField)	Gets the date/time formatter with the given date and time formatting styles for the default locale.

Common Enumberators of the DateFormat classes:

Common mehtods of the DateFormat class:

Method	Description
format(Date)	Returns a String object of Date object with the format that's specified by the DateFormat object.

Descriptions:

You can use the DateFormat class to format Date objects in varius ways.
For more control use SimpleDateFormat located here: Using Simple Date Format to get GMT

Example 1: Code that formats a Date object

Davte now = new Date()

DateFormat defaultDate = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance();

String newString = defaultDate(now);

Example 2: Code that formats a GregorianCalendar object

GregorianCalendar gregEndDate = new GregorianCalendar(2005,11,31,7,30);

Date endDate = gregEndDate.getTime();

DateFormat defaultDate = DateFormat.getDateInstance();

String endDateString = defaultDate.format(endDate);

Example 3: Code that overrides the default data and time formats

DateFormat shortDate = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);

DateFormat shorttIME = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);

DateFormat shortDateTime = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT,DateFormat.SHORT);

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