Java SimpleDateFormat clone() Example
SimpleDateFormat class clone() method example. This example shows you how to use clone() method.
Syntax is : public Object clone()
This method creates a copy of this SimpleDateFormat. This also clones the format's date format symbols.
Here is the code.
/**
* @(#) CloneSimpleDateFormat.java
* A class representing use of method clone() of SimpleDateFormat
class in java.text Package.
* @Version 13-May-2008
* @author Rose India Team
*/
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
class CloneSimpleDateFormat {
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());
SimpleDateFormat sdf;
// Create new SimpleDateFormat object that returns default pattern.
sdf = new SimpleDateFormat();
String dateFormat = sdf.format(date);
System.out.println("Date by SimpleDateFormat class : " + dateFormat);
// clone method call for DateFormat object.
SimpleDateFormat cloneObj = (SimpleDateFormat) sdf.clone();
dateFormat = cloneObj.format(date);
System.out.println("Date by clone object : " + dateFormat);
}
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Output of the program.
Date by Date class : Fri Jun 13 18:56:31 GMT+05:30 2008
Date by SimpleDateFormat class : 6/13/08 6:56 PM
Date by clone object : 6/13/08 6:56 PM |
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