Java DateFormat getDateTimeInstance() Example
DateFormat class getDateInstance() method example. This example shows you how to use getDateInstance() method.
Syntax is : public static final DateFormat getDateTimeInstance()
Method returns the date/time formatter with the default formatting style for the default locale.
Here is the code.
/**
* @(#) GetDateTimeInstanceDateFormat.java
* A class representing use of method getDateTimeInstance() of DateFormat
class in java.text Package.
* @Version 12-May-2008
* @author Rose India Team
*/
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
class GetDateTimeInstanceDateFormat {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Create new Date object that will be initialized to the current date.
Date date = new Date();
System.out.println("Date by Date class : " + date.toString());
// Create new DateFormat object that will returns default date/time.
DateFormat dateFormat = DateFormat.getInstance();
// getDateTimeInstance method call.
String dFormat = dateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(date);
System.out.println("Date by getDateTimeInstance method : " + dFormat);
}
} |
Output of the program.
Date by Date class : Thu Jun 12 18:19:28 GMT+05:30 2008
Date by getDateTimeInstance method : Jun 12, 2008 6:19:28 PM |
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