Java Convert Date to String

Tags: Java Date String

In this Java core tutorial we learn how to convert a java.util.Date object into date and time format String in Java programming language.

Table of contents

  1. Format Date object to date time String
  2. Convert Date to String format dd/MM/yyyy in Java
  3. Convert Date to String using toString() method

Format Date object to date time String

To format a Date object as date time String we can use the SimpleDateFormat class with specified format pattern as following Java program.

ConvertDateToStringExample1.java 

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class ConvertDateToStringExample1 {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        Date date = new Date();

        // Convert Date to String
        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
        String dateString = simpleDateFormat.format(date);

        System.out.println(dateString);
    }
}
The output as below. 
2022/04/16 16:46:23

Convert Date to String format dd/MM/yyyy in Java

The following Java program to show for more example of format a Date object to String in format dd/MM/yyyy using the SimpleDateFormat class.

ConvertDateToStringExample3.java 

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class ConvertDateToStringExample3 {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        Date date = new Date();

        // Convert Date to String
        String formatPattern = "dd/MM/yyyy";
        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(formatPattern);
        String dateString = simpleDateFormat.format(date);

        System.out.println("Date: " + date);
        System.out.println("Date in dd/MM/yyyy: " + dateString);
    }
}
The output as below. 
Date: Sat Apr 16 17:04:33 ICT 2022
Date in dd/MM/yyyy: 16/04/2022

Convert Date to String using toString() method

In Java we also can simply use the Date.toString() method to get String value of a given Date object as the Java program below.

ConvertDateToStringExample2.java 

import java.util.Date;

public class ConvertDateToStringExample2 {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        Date date = new Date();

        // Convert Date to String
        String dateString = date.toString();

        System.out.println(dateString);
    }
}
The output as below. 
Sat Apr 16 16:46:57 ICT 2022

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