How to correctly create a date with a specific format? [duplicate]

Answer 1

Try this code:

import java.util.Date;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class GetCurrentDateTime {
    public static void main(String[] args) {     
        DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd"); // you can change the format as you like
        Date date = new Date();
        System.out.println(dateFormat.format(date));
    }
}