| Customized Date and Time Formats | |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Output |
| dd MMMM yyyy EEEE | 24 April 2009 Friday |
| dd.MM.yy | 24.04.09 |
| yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' hh:mm:ss z | 2009.04.09 AD at 06:15:55 PDT |
| EEE, MMM d, ''yy | Thu, Apr 9, '09 |
| h:mm a | 6:15 PM |
| H:mm:ss:SSS | 18:15:55:624 |
| K:mm a,z | 6:15 PM,PDT |
| yyyy.MMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa | 2009.April.09 AD 06:15 PM |
| Date Format Pattern Syntax | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Meaning | Presentation | Example |
| G | era designator | Text | AD |
| y | year | Number | 2009 |
| M | month in year | Text & Number | July & 07 |
| d | day in month | Number | 10 |
| h | hour in am/pm (1-12) | Number | 12 |
| H | hour in day (0-23) | Number | 0 |
| m | minute in hour | Number | 30 |
| s | second in minute | Number | 55 |
| S | millisecond | Number | 978 |
| E | day in week | Text | Fri |
| EEEE | day in week | Text | Tuesday |
| D | day in year | Number | 189 |
| F | day of week in month | Number | 2 (2nd Wed in July) |
| w | week in year | Number | 27 |
| W | week in month | Number | 2 |
| a | am/pm marker | Text | PM |
| k | hour in day (1-24) | Number | 24 |
| K | hour in am/pm (0-11) | Number | 0 |
| z | time zone | Text | Pacific Standard Time |
| ' | escape for text | Delimiter | (none) |
| ' | single quote | Literal | ' |
For example in below code if you pass : "24/04/2009"
Output : Date is : 24 April 2009 Friday
/* GetDay.java */
import java.util.Date;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
public class GetDay
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
{
String strDate = "24/04/2009";//pass your Date here
SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
Date date = sdf1.parse(strDate);
SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy EEEE");
System.out.println("Date is : " + sdf2.format(date));
}
}
