Calendar Date to Yyyy-Mm-Dd Format in Java

Calendar date to yyyy-MM-dd format in java

A Java Date is a container for the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.

When you use something like System.out.println(date), Java uses Date.toString() to print the contents.

The only way to change it is to override Date and provide your own implementation of Date.toString(). Now before you fire up your IDE and try this, I wouldn't; it will only complicate matters. You are better off formatting the date to the format you want to use (or display).

Java 8+

LocalDateTime ldt = LocalDateTime.now().plusDays(1);
DateTimeFormatter formmat1 = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.ENGLISH);
System.out.println(ldt);
// Output "2018-05-12T17:21:53.658"

String formatter = formmat1.format(ldt);
System.out.println(formatter);
// 2018-05-12

Prior to Java 8

You should be making use of the ThreeTen Backport

The following is maintained for historical purposes (as the original answer)

What you can do, is format the date.

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
SimpleDateFormat format1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
System.out.println(cal.getTime());
// Output "Wed Sep 26 14:23:28 EST 2012"

String formatted = format1.format(cal.getTime());
System.out.println(formatted);
// Output "2012-09-26"

System.out.println(format1.parse(formatted));
// Output "Wed Sep 26 00:00:00 EST 2012"

These are actually the same date, represented differently.

How to pass yyyy-mm-dd format date to calender control in Java?

You can try with SimpleDateFormat

String da = "1957-01-01";
DateFormat df=new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
Date date=df.parse(da); // parse your string to date 
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTime(date);
System.out.println(df.format(calendar.getTime())); // format date

How to convert date in to yyyy-MM-dd Format?

Use this.

java.util.Date date = new Date("Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 GMT 2012");
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
String format = formatter.format(date);
System.out.println(format);

you will get the output as

2012-12-01

java.util.Date format conversion yyyy-mm-dd to mm-dd-yyyy

Date is a container for the number of milliseconds since the Unix epoch ( 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970).

It has no concept of format.

Java 8+

LocalDateTime ldt = LocalDateTime.now();
System.out.println(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MM-dd-yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH).format(ldt));
System.out.println(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.ENGLISH).format(ldt));
System.out.println(ldt);

Outputs...

05-11-2018
2018-05-11
2018-05-11T17:24:42.980

Java 7-

You should be making use of the ThreeTen Backport

Original Answer

For example...

Date myDate = new Date();
System.out.println(myDate);
System.out.println(new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy").format(myDate));
System.out.println(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").format(myDate));
System.out.println(myDate);

Outputs...

Wed Aug 28 16:20:39 EST 2013
08-28-2013
2013-08-28
Wed Aug 28 16:20:39 EST 2013

None of the formatting has changed the underlying Date value. This is the purpose of the DateFormatters

Updated with additional example

Just in case the first example didn't make sense...

This example uses two formatters to format the same date. I then use these same formatters to parse the String values back to Dates. The resulting parse does not alter the way Date reports it's value.

Date#toString is just a dump of it's contents. You can't change this, but you can format the Date object any way you like

try {
    Date myDate = new Date();
    System.out.println(myDate);

    SimpleDateFormat mdyFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
    SimpleDateFormat dmyFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

    // Format the date to Strings
    String mdy = mdyFormat.format(myDate);
    String dmy = dmyFormat.format(myDate);

    // Results...
    System.out.println(mdy);
    System.out.println(dmy);
    // Parse the Strings back to dates
    // Note, the formats don't "stick" with the Date value
    System.out.println(mdyFormat.parse(mdy));
    System.out.println(dmyFormat.parse(dmy));
} catch (ParseException exp) {
    exp.printStackTrace();
}

Which outputs...

Wed Aug 28 16:24:54 EST 2013
08-28-2013
2013-08-28
Wed Aug 28 00:00:00 EST 2013
Wed Aug 28 00:00:00 EST 2013

Also, be careful of the format patterns. Take a closer look at SimpleDateFormat to make sure you're not using the wrong patterns ;)

need to show date in yyyy/mm/dd format in java

DateFormat dffrom = new SimpleDateFormat("M/dd/yyyy");
DateFormat dfto = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");  
Date today = dffrom.parse("7/1/2011");
String s = dfto.format(today);

Convert the String to Date first.

Java program : need current Date in YYYY-MM-DD format without time in Date datatype

Date date = new Date();
String modifiedDate= new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").format(date);

This will do.

Java Get All Working Days in a year in YYYYMMDD format

Here's 2 slightly different takes on your problem:

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class DatesInYear {

    public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {

        listWorkingDays(2020).forEach(System.out::println);
    }

    private static List<LocalDate> listWorkingDays(final int year) {

        IntStream
            .rangeClosed(1,      LocalDate.ofYearDay(year + 1, 1).minusDays(1).getDayOfYear())
            .mapToObj   (day  -> LocalDate.ofYearDay(year, day))
            .filter     (date -> date.getDayOfWeek().getValue() <= 5)
            .forEach    (System.out::println);

        return IntStream
            .rangeClosed(1,      LocalDate.ofYearDay(year + 1, 1).minusDays(1).getDayOfYear())
            .mapToObj   (day  -> LocalDate.ofYearDay(year, day))
            .filter     (date -> date.getDayOfWeek().getValue() <= 5)
            .collect    (Collectors.toList());
    }
}

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