How can I insert special characters in SimpleDateFormat?

Question

I want to insert the word \'at\' in a SimpleDateFormat so a date would look like:

Wed, 26 May 2010 at 11:17am

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Answer 1

You can escape literals using single quotes.

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy 'at' hh:mma");

This will output Wed, 26 May 2010 at 11:17am