Calendar date to yyyy-MM-dd format in java

Question

How to convert calendar date to yyyy-MM-dd format.

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
Date date = cal.getTime();          


        

Answer 1

java.util.Date object can't represent date in custom format instead you've to use SimpleDateFormat.format method that returns string.

String myString=format1.format(date);