display Java.util.Date in a specific format

Question

I have the following scenario :

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(\"dd/MM/yyyy\");
System.out.println(dateFormat.parse(\"31/05/2011\"));
         


        

Answer 1

You can use simple date format in Java using the code below

SimpleDateFormat simpledatafo = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
Date newDate = new Date();
String expectedDate= simpledatafo.format(newDate);