I want to get a formatted Date in Java

Question

I want to get a new Date object with a SimpleDateFormat applied to it. I would like to do something like:

SimpleDateFormat myFormat =         


        

Answer 1

Your question doesn't make sense. Formatting a date by definition means converting it to a string using a specific format. The Date object can stay as a Date object. It is only at the point where you wish to convert it to a String that you need to do any formatting.