Convert java.util.Date to String
Convert a Date to a String using DateFormat#format method:
String pattern = "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss";// Create an instance of SimpleDateFormat used for formatting // the string representation of date according to the chosen patternDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);// Get the today date using Calendar object.Date today = Calendar.getInstance().getTime(); // Using DateFormat format method we can create a string // representation of a date with the defined format.String todayAsString = df.format(today);// Print the result!System.out.println("Today is: " + todayAsString);
Format formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");String s = formatter.format(date);
Commons-lang DateFormatUtils is full of goodies (if you have commons-lang in your classpath)
//Formats a date/time into a specific pattern DateFormatUtils.format(yourDate, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:SS");