Getting date in java

[Sameera Abeysinghe]

Hi all,
I know bit of vb.
So I will try to explain this in Visual Basic
In vb there is a component called calendar control that enable s you to get the date very easily, what I need is the corresponding java components for this or in other words
An component or a way to get the date very easily.
Note that I am not talking about system date
It has to out put any date we like ok .
Thanks

[jefff willis]

Not sure exactly what you're looking for...here are some code snippits:


This one will output the current time in the format specified.

SimpleDateFormat dtFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy");
java.sql.Date theDate     = new java.sql.Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
String currentTime        = dtFormat.format( theDate );
 
System.out.println("Date: " + currentTime);

This one will print out any date you like:

 
    java.util.Date theDate = new java.util.Date();
 
    int deltaMonths = 4;
    int deltaDays   = 15;
    int deltaYears  = 2005;
 
    int deltaHours   = 13;
    int deltaMinutes = 23;
    int deltaSeconds = 44;
 
    Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
    c.set(deltaYears, deltaMonths-1, deltaDays, deltaHours, deltaMinutes, deltaSeconds);
 
    theDate = c.getTime();
 
    System.out.println("Date = " + theDate);

You can play with the output format with both examples.

[Michael Dunn]

google java + datepicker