Date formatting in java.

[nazir ahmed]

Hi,

i get a date value from My sql database(the field name start_date with data type "date").Also i insert the date value in following format yyyy-mm-dd format.i want to display in mm-dd-yyyy format .

i display the date value in the following format 2008-10-22 00:00:00.0.i want onlu mm-dd-yyyy format .please help

[Martijn Verburg]

Hi there, welcome to Java ranch. This question probably belongs in the Beginners Forum (and if you search there you'll find many answers to this question) but regardless of that:

Look at the DateFormat class(es) in particular SimpleDateFormat, you'll quickly see what to use.

Hope that helps!

[James Basller]

Originally posted by nazir ahmed:
Hi,

i get a date value from My sql database(the field name start_date with data type "date").Also i insert the date value in following format yyyy-mm-dd format.i want to display in mm-dd-yyyy format .

i display the date value in the following format 2008-10-22 00:00:00.0.i want onlu mm-dd-yyyy format .please help

Yes that's right!!!

You can achieve this by using SimpleDateFormat class and pass whatever format you want in it's constructor