date to string

[Janardan Kelkar]

how do i get the current system date, and convert it to string, example, i want to generate the following string:
"28/08/2008"

i tried using calendar class and all, but have not been able to still figure it out properly..

[Campbell Ritchie]

At least two ways to do it:

You can use the SimpleDateFormat class or similar and use that to format the output.

Use the tags of the Formatter class, which reappear in several locations

Example of the latter: String.format("%Td/%<TB/%<Ty", myDate) which won't give the format you are asking about.

[Janardan Kelkar]

k....thanks

[Campbell Ritchie]

You're welcome