Date to String conversion in Java

In this post I am going to show you some sample code for converting date to String, getting current date and converting it to specified date format like YYYY-MM-DD, YYYYMMDD and many more format as you wish.

Getting Current Date and display it in yyyy-mm-dd format

public String getCurrentDate() 

{

       String currentDate = "";

       Date d1 = null;

       final Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();

       SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

       mYear = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);

       mMonth = c.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1;

       mDay = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);

       currentDate = "" + mYear + "-" + mMonth + "-" + mDay + "";

       try {

              d1 = dateFormat.parse(currentDate);

       } catch (ParseException e) {

              e.printStackTrace();

       }

       return dateFormat.format(d1);

}

Getting Date as a parameter and converting it to specified format 

public String getFormtedDate(String date) {

       String myDate = "";

       Date d1 = null;

       SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

       myDate = date;

       try {

              d1 = dateFormat.parse(myDate);

       } catch (ParseException e) {

              e.printStackTrace();

       }

       return dateFormat.format(d1);

}