Get Date from DateTime control

Question

I know this might be a simple question but Im new to Java, my experience is mostly with PHP or C#.

Im working on an eclipse RCP project and using Google Window Builder.

All I need to do is get the date from a DateTime control named: dateTimeDOB

It must return the date in this format (dd/mm/yyyy) if the day or month value is a single digit it must have a preceding "0".

I think the DateTime control Type is

org.eclipse.swt.widgets.DateTime

so for example:

String strDate = dateTimeDOB.getDate("dd/mm/yyyy");

thanks in advance

Answer 1

A cleaner approach (IMHO):

Calendar instance = Calendar.getInstance();
instance.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, dateTimeDOB.getDay());
instance.set(Calendar.MONTH, dateTimeDOB.getMonth());
instance.set(Calendar.YEAR, dateTimeDOB.getYear());
String dateString = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").format(instance.getTime());

Answer 2

    DateTime dateTimeDOB = ...

    int day = dateTimeDOB.getDay();
    int month = dateTimeDOB.getMonth() + 1;
    int year = dateTimeDOB.getYear();

    String strDate = (day < 10) ? "0" + day + "/" : day + "/";
    strDate += (month < 10) ? "0" + month + "/" : month + "/";
    strDate += year;