How to Format Date and LocalDate in Java?

arunshringi21

5 years ago

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To format Date and LocalDate in specified formats. Refer the below code snippet:

Code

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class DemoClass {
    public static void main (String[] args){
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
        Date date = new Date();
        System.out.println(formatter.format(date));
        LocalDate now = LocalDate.now();
        System.out.pritln(now.format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MM/dd/yyyy")));
    }
}

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