Use relative indexes to simplify the creation of a custom time and date format. : Date Format « Data Type « Java

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Java » Data Type » Date Format Screenshots  Use relative indexes to simplify the creation of a custom time and date format.       import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Formatter; public class MainClass {   public static void main(String args[]) {     Formatter fmt = new Formatter();     Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();     fmt.format("Today is day %te of %<tB, %<tY", cal);     System.out.println(fmt);   } } //Today is day 11 of June, 2008                       Related examples in the same category 1.  Date Era change 2.  Date Format 3.  The Time and Date Format Suffixes 4.  Display standard 12-hour time format 5.  Display complete time and date information 6.  Display just hour and minute 7.  Display month by name and number 8.  DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT) 9.  Date Format with Locale 10.  Date Format Symbols 11.  Decimal Format with different Symbols 12.  Date format: "dd.MM.yy", "yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' hh:mm:ss z","EEE, MMM d, ''yy", "h:mm a", "H:mm", "H:mm:ss:SSS", "K:mm a,z","yyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa" 13.  SimpleDateFormat.getAvailableLocales 14.  DateFormat.SHORT 15.  This is same as MEDIUM: DateFormat.getDateInstance().format(new Date()) 16.  This is same as MEDIUM: DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT).format(new Date()) 17.  DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.CANADA).format(new Date()) 18.  DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG, Locale.CANADA).format(new Date()) 19.  DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL, Locale.CANADA).format(new Date()) 20.  DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT, Locale.CANADA).format(new Date()) 21.  DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG) 22.  DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT) 23.  DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG) 24.  Parse date string input with DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT, Locale.CANADA) 25.  Simple Date Format Demo 26.  Format date in Medium format 27.  Format date in Long format 28.  Format date in Full format 29.  Format date in Default format 30.  Formatting day of week using SimpleDateFormat 31.  Formatting day of week in EEEE format like Sunday, Monday etc. 32.  Formatting day in d format like 1,2 etc 33.  Formatting day in dd format like 01, 02 etc. 34.  Format hour in h (1-12 in AM/PM) format like 1, 2..12. 35.  Format hour in hh (01-12 in AM/PM) format like 01, 02..12. 36.  Format hour in H (0-23) format like 0, 1...23. 37.  Format hour in HH (00-23) format like 00, 01..23. 38.  Format hour in k (1-24) format like 1, 2..24. 39.  Format hour in kk (01-24) format like 01, 02..24. 40.  Format hour in K (0-11 in AM/PM) format like 0, 1..11. 41.  Format hour in KK (00-11) format like 00, 01,..11. 42.  Formatting minute in m format like 1,2 etc. 43.  Format minutes in mm format like 01, 02 etc. 44.  Format month in M format like 1,2 etc 45.  Format Month in MM format like 01, 02 etc. 46.  Format Month in MMM format like Jan, Feb etc. 47.  Format Month in MMMM format like January, February etc. 48.  Format seconds in s format like 1,2 etc. 49.  Format seconds in ss format like 01, 02 etc. 50.  Format date in dd/mm/yyyy format 51.  Format date in mm-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss format 52.  Format year in yy format like 07, 08 etc 53.  Format year in yyyy format like 2007, 2008 etc. 54.  new SimpleDateFormat("hh") 55.  new SimpleDateFormat("H") // The hour (0-23) 56.  new SimpleDateFormat("m"): The minutes 57.  new SimpleDateFormat("mm") 58.  SimpleDateFormat("MM"): number based month value 59.  new SimpleDateFormat("s"): The seconds 60.  new SimpleDateFormat("ss") 61.  new SimpleDateFormat("a"): The am/pm marker 62.  new SimpleDateFormat("z"): The time zone 63.  new SimpleDateFormat("zzzz") 64.  new SimpleDateFormat("Z") 65.  new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm:ss a") 66.  new SimpleDateFormat("HH.mm.ss") 67.  new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss Z") 68.  SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy") 69.  SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy") 70.  SimpleDateFormat("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z") 71.  SimpleDateFormat("yyyy") 72.  The month: SimpleDateFormat("M") 73.  Three letter-month value: SimpleDateFormat("MMM") 74.  Full length of month name: SimpleDateFormat("MMMM") 75.  The day number: SimpleDateFormat("d") 76.  Two digits day number: SimpleDateFormat("dd") 77.  The day in week: SimpleDateFormat("E") 78.  Full day name: SimpleDateFormat("EEEE") 79.  Add AM PM to time using SimpleDateFormat 80.  Simply format a date as "YYYYMMDD" 81.  Java SimpleDateFormat Class Example("MM/dd/yyyy") 82.  The format used is EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z in US locale. 83.  Date Formatting and Localization 84.  Get a List of Short Month Names 85.  Get a List of Weekday Names 86.  Get a List of Short Weekday Names 87.  Change date formatting symbols 88.  An alternate way to get week days symbols 89.  ISO8601 formatter for date-time without time zone.The format used is yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss. 90.  ISO8601 formatter for date-time with time zone. The format used is yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZ. 91.  Parsing custom formatted date string into Date object using SimpleDateFormat 92.  Parse with a custom format 93.  Parsing the Time Using a Custom Format 94.  Parse with a default format 95.  Parse a date and time 96.  Parse string date value input with SimpleDateFormat("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z") 97.  Parse string date value input with SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy") 98.  Parse string date value with default format: DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT) 99.  Find the current date format 100.  Time format viewer 101.  Date format viewer 102.  Returns a String in the format Xhrs, Ymins, Z sec, for the time difference between two times 103.  format Duration 104.  Get Date Suffix 105.  Date Format Cache 106.  ISO8601 Date Format