Java Date to String Example

/*

Java Date to String Example

This Java Date to String example shows how to convert java.util.Date to

String in Java.

*/

import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class ConvertDateToStringExample {

public static void main(String args[]){

//create new java.util.Date object

Date date = new Date();

/*

* To convert java.util.Date to String, use SimpleDateFormat class.

*/

/*

* crate new SimpleDateFormat instance with desired date format.

* We are going to use yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss here.

*/

DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(“yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss”);

//to convert Date to String, use format method of SimpleDateFormat class.

String strDate = dateFormat.format(date);

System.out.println(“Date converted to String: “ + strDate);

}

}

/*

Output of above given java.util.Date to String example would be

Date converted to String: 2011-17-10 11:17:50

*/