Best way to convert Java SQL Date from yyyy-MM-dd to dd MMMM yyyy format

Question

Is there a straightforward way of converting a Java SQL Date from format yyyy-MM-dd to dd MMMM yyyy format?

I could convert the date to a string and then manipulate

Answer 1

If it is for presentation you can use SimpleDateFormat straight away:

package org.experiment;

import java.sql.Date;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Dates {
    private static SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM yyyy");

    public static void main(String[] args){

        Date oneDate = new Date(new java.util.Date().getTime());
        System.out.println(df.format(oneDate));
    }

}