Convert java.util.Date to String

Question

I want to convert a java.util.Date object to a String in Java.

The format is 2010-05-30 22:15:52

Answer 1

Convert a Date to a String using DateFormat#format method:

String pattern = "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss";  // Create an instance of SimpleDateFormat used for formatting  // the string representation of date according to the chosen pattern DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);  // Get the today date using Calendar object. Date today = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();         // Using DateFormat format method we can create a string  // representation of a date with the defined format. String todayAsString = df.format(today);  // Print the result! System.out.println("Today is: " + todayAsString); 

From http://www.kodejava.org/examples/86.html