In Java, The MMM format for months is a short form of the month using 3 characters. SimpleDateFormat class is used for implementing this format in java and you can import this package by using the following code.
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
Example:
| Months Name(MMMM Format) | MMM Format |
|---|---|
| January | Jan |
| February | Feb |
| March | Mar |
| April | Apr |
| May | May |
| June | Jun |
| July | Jul |
| August | Aug |
| September | Sep |
| October | Oct |
| November | Nov |
| December | Dec |
MMMM Format:
The MMMM format for months is the full name of the Month. For example -January, February, March, April, May, etc are the MMMM Format for the Month.
Here, you will see the complete package that how you can use SimpleDateFormat class which extends DateFormat class. SimpleDateFormat class is also helpful to convert date to text format and also it’s parsing from text to date format and in normalization.
Class SimpleDateFormat
java.lang.Object
java.text.Format
java.text.DateFormat
java.text.SimpleDateFormat
Example 1: Display Month in MMM and MMMM Format
Java
// Java program to display Month // in MMM and MMMM Formatimport java.text.SimpleDateFormat;import java.util.Date; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { // Setting the date object Date dat = new Date(); SimpleDateFormat dateFormat; // Setting MMM Format dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM"); System.out.println(dateFormat.format(dat)); // Setting MMMM Format dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM"); System.out.println(dateFormat.format(dat));}} |
Output :
Nov November
Example 2: Display Date and Time in MMMM Format
Java
// Java Program to Display Date// and Time in MMMM Formatimport java.text.SimpleDateFormat;import java.util.Date; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { // Setting the date object Date dat = new Date(); SimpleDateFormat dateFormat; // Setting the date and time in MMMM format dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE dd MMMM yyyy kk:mm:ss"); System.out.println(dateFormat.format(dat));}} |
Output:
Monday 02 November 2020 11:46:05
