Java Convert Date to String

We can convert Date to String in java using format() method of java.text.DateFormat class.

format() method of DateFormat

The format() method of DateFormat class is used to convert Date into String. DateFormat is an abstract class. The child class of DateFormat is SimpleDateFormat. It is the implementation of DateFormat class. The signature of format() method is given below:

Java Date to String Example

Let's see the simple code to convert Date to String in java.

                Date date = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
                DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss");
                String strDate = dateFormat.format(date);
                

Example:

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Calendar;
 public class DateToStringExample1 {
       public static void main(String args[]){
                Date date = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
                DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss");
                String strDate = dateFormat.format(date);
                System.out.println("Converted String: " + strDate);
               
        }
}

Test it Now

Output:

Converted String: 2017-24-28 04:24:27

Let's see the full example to convert date and time into String in java using format() method of java.text.SimpleDateFormat class.

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
public class DateToStringExample2 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
	Date date = new Date();
	SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
	String strDate = formatter.format(date);
	System.out.println("Date Format with MM/dd/yyyy : "+strDate);

	formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-M-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
	strDate = formatter.format(date);
	System.out.println("Date Format with dd-M-yyyy hh:mm:ss : "+strDate);

	formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy");
	strDate = formatter.format(date);
	System.out.println("Date Format with dd MMMM yyyy : "+strDate);

	formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy zzzz");
	strDate = formatter.format(date);
	System.out.println("Date Format with dd MMMM yyyy zzzz : "+strDate);

	formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z");
	strDate = formatter.format(date);
	System.out.println("Date Format with E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z : "+strDate);
}
}

Test it Now

Output:

Date Format with MM/dd/yyyy : 04/13/2015
Date Format with dd-M-yyyy hh:mm:ss : 13-4-2015 10:59:26
Date Format with dd MMMM yyyy : 13 April 2015
Date Format with dd MMMM yyyy zzzz : 13 April 2015 India Standard Time
Date Format with E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z : Mon, 13 Apr 2015 22:59:26 IST

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