How to remove milliseconds from Date Object format in Java

Question

Since the java.util.Date object stores Date as 2014-01-24 17:33:47.214, but I want the Date format as 2014-01-24 17:33:47. I w

Answer 1

You can use SimpleDateFormatter. Please see the following code.

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a");
Date now = date.getTime();
System.out.println(formatter.format(now));

Answer 2

Truncate to Seconds (no milliseconds), return a new Date:

public Date truncToSec(Date date) {
    Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
    c.setTime(date);
    c.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
    Date newDate = c.getTime();
    return newDate;
}