Year Format Example

This example shows how to format Year using Format class. In this program we use a pattern of special characters to format week day.

Year Format Example

This example shows how to format Year using Format class. In this program we use a pattern of special characters to format week day.

Year Format Example

Year Format Example

     

This example shows how to format Year using Format class. In this program we use a pattern of special characters to format week day.

Description of the code :

SimpleDateFormat() : SimpleDateFormat class use for formatting and parsing dates. It allows for formatting date into text , parsing text into date and normalization.

format() : This method used for format Date class object into date / time and appends the it into the StringBuffer.

YearFormat.java


import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;

public class YearFormat {

  public static void main(String args[]) {

  String s;
  Format formatter;
  Date date = new Date();

  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yy");  // 02
  s = formatter.format(date);
  System.out.println("Year : " + s);

  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy");  // 2002
  s = formatter.format(date);
  System.out.println("Year : " + s);
  }
}


Output

Year : 08
Year : 2008

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