Convert Joda-Time DateTime into Date in Java

In this Joda-Time tutorial, we learn how to convert a Joda-Time’s DateTime object into a java.util.Date object in Java.

Add Joda Time library to your Java project

To use Joda Time Java library in the Gradle build project, add the following dependency into the build.gradle file.

compile group: 'joda-time', name: 'joda-time', version: '2.10.9'

To use Joda Time Java library in the Maven build project, add the following dependency into the pom.xml file.

<dependency>
    <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
    <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
    <version>2.10.9</version>
</dependency>

To download the Joda Time .jar file you can visit Joda Time releases page at github.com/JodaOrg/joda-time

Convert Joda-Time DateTime into Date in Java

To convert a DateTime object to java.util.Date object, Joda-Time provides DateTime.toDate() method.

ConvertJodaTimeDateTimeToDate.java

import org.joda.time.DateTime;

import java.util.Date;

public class ConvertJodaTimeDateTimeToDate {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DateTime now = DateTime.now();

        Date date = now.toDate();

        System.out.println("Joda-Time DateTime: " + now);
        System.out.println("Java Date: " + date);
    }
}

The output is:

Joda-Time DateTime: 2021-01-17T16:05:40.972+07:00
Java Date: Sun Jan 17 16:05:40 ICT 2021

ConvertJodaTimeDateTimeToDate2.java

import org.joda.time.DateTime;

import java.util.Date;

public class ConvertJodaTimeDateTimeToDate2 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        Date date = DateTime.now().toDate();

        System.out.println(date);
    }
}