How can I change the date format in Java? [duplicate]

Question

I need to change the date format using Java from

 dd/MM/yyyy  to yyyy/MM/dd 

Answer 1

How to convert from one date format to another using SimpleDateFormat:

final String OLD_FORMAT = "dd/MM/yyyy"; final String NEW_FORMAT = "yyyy/MM/dd";  // August 12, 2010 String oldDateString = "12/08/2010"; String newDateString;  SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(OLD_FORMAT); Date d = sdf.parse(oldDateString); sdf.applyPattern(NEW_FORMAT); newDateString = sdf.format(d); 

Answer 2

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

This should do the trick