In this article, you’ll learn how to format Date and Time represented using Date, LocalDate, LocalDateTime, or ZonedDateTime to a readable String in Java.
Format LocalDate using DateTimeFormatter
package com.callicoder;
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
public class LocalDateFormatExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy");
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.of(2020, 06, 15);
System.out.println(localDate.format(dateTimeFormatter));
}
}
Output
15/06/2020
Format LocalDateTime using DateTimeFormatter
package com.callicoder;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
public class LocalDateTimeFormatExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("E, MMM dd yyyy, hh:mm:ss a");
LocalDateTime localDateTime = LocalDateTime.of(2020, 1, 31, 10, 45, 30);
System.out.println(localDateTime.format(dateTimeFormatter));
}
}
Output
星期一, 六月 15 2020, 02:26:36 下午
Format ZonedDateTime using DateTimeFormatter
package com.callicoder;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.ZoneId;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
public class ZonedDateTimeFormatExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("E, MMM dd yyyy, hh:mm:ss a (VV)");
ZonedDateTime zonedDateTime = ZonedDateTime.of(
LocalDateTime.of(2020, 06, 16, 09, 52, 46),
ZoneId.of("America/New_York"));
System.out.println(zonedDateTime.format(dateTimeFormatter));
}
}
Output
星期二, 六月 16 2020, 10:04:46 上午 (America/New_York)
Format Date and Time using SimpleDateFormat
package com.callicoder;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class DateFormatExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
Date date = new Date();
System.out.println(sdf.format(date));
}
}
Output
16/06/2020
Let’s see another example with a more complex pattern:
package com.callicoder;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
public class DateFormatExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("E, MMM dd yyyy, hh:mm:ss a");
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.set(2020, 05, 16, 10, 16, 46);
Date date = calendar.getTime();
System.out.println(sdf.format(date));
}
}
Output
星期二, 六月 16 2020, 10:16:46 上午