How to display date in dd/mm/yyyy format?

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I am to new to Java. I want to display date in dd/mm/yyyy format. When I print date using new Date() function it gives me Sting which I don't want. Say I want to print today's date it gives me Sat Jan 24 08:17:41 IST 2015 but I want output as 24/1/2015

Dude, there are *hundreds* of existing SO Question on converting dates to strings in specific formats. Why couldn't you search for and read one of those? Please always search before you ask. It saves everyone's time ... — Stephen C, Jan 24 '15 at 03:24

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 24 '15 at 03:03

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Use SimpleDateFormat:

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
String date = sdf.format(new Date());

answered Jan 24 '15 at 03:03

Jean Logeart

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 24 '15 at 03:04

There you have one way to do it: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/datetime/iso/format.html

So basically you can define the format in an formatter and use that to convert the date into a string:

try {
    DateTimeFormatter format = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MMM d yyyy  hh:mm a");
    String out = departure.format(format);
    System.out.printf("LEAVING:  %s (%s)%n", out, leavingZone);
}
catch (DateTimeException exc) {
    System.out.printf("%s can't be formatted!%n", departure);
    throw exc;
}

How to display date in dd/mm/yyyy format?

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