java格式化当前时间,在java中格式化当前日期

I want format the current date to a format, I can do that in the following lines

DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd:HH:mm:ss");

Date currentDate = new Date();

String currentDateString = dateFormat.format(currentDate);

try {

currentDate = dateFormat.parse(currentDateString);

} catch (ParseException e) {

}

But is there a way more clear and tidy to achieve that ?

解决方案

Use Java 8 and the new classes LocalDateTime and DateTimeFormatter to format to a String. Don't use Date from Java 7 and lower. That old API is a mess.

LocalDateTime ldt = LocalDateTime.now();

System.out.println(ldt.format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd:HH:mm:ss")));

Output:

2014-06-08:14:43:01