The getInstance() method of DateFormat class will return the date and time formatter with the default formatting style for the default locale.
Syntax:
public static final DateFormat getInstance()
Parameter: This method doesn’t require any parameters.
Return value: This method will return the date format in a particular format.
Example 1:
Java
// Java program to illustrate// GetInstance() method// importing the required packagesimport java.text.DateFormat;import java.util.Date;class Testclass { public static void main(String[] args) { // initializing the Date Date d = new Date(); // initializing the DateFormat using getInstance() DateFormat df = DateFormat.getInstance(); // printing the DateFormat return value as object System.out.println("DateFormat Object : " + df); // formatting the current date into a string String str = df.format(d); // printing the current date System.out.println("Current date : " + str); }} |
Output
DateFormat Object : java.text.SimpleDateFormat@c88bcc54 Current date : 12/15/21, 8:23 AM
We can also display the date in the required format using SimpleDateFormat class.
Below is the example showing the use of SimpleDateFormat
Example 2:
Java
// Java program to illustrate// GetInstance() method// importing the required packagesimport java.text.DateFormat;import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;import java.util.Date;class Testclass { public static void main(String[] args) { // initializing the Date Date d = new Date(); // initializing the DateFormat using getInstance() DateFormat df = DateFormat.getInstance(); // printing the DateFormat return value as object System.out.println("DateFormat Object : " + df); // formatting the current date into a string String str = df.format(d); // printing the current date System.out.println("Current date : " + str); // initializing the SimpleDateFormat SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy"); // formatting the SimpleDateFormat into a string String st = sdf.format(d); // printing the formatted value System.out.println("Formatted Date : " + st); }} |
Output
DateFormat Object : java.text.SimpleDateFormat@c88bcc54 Current date : 12/15/21, 8:26 AM Formatted Date : 12-15-2021
