import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class DateFormatExample1 {

public static void main(String[] args) {

// Make a new Date object. It will be initialized to the current time.

Date now = new Date();

// See what toString() returns

System.out.println(" 1. " + now.toString());

// Next, try the default DateFormat

System.out.println(" 2. " + DateFormat.getInstance().format(now));

// And the default time and date-time DateFormats

System.out.println(" 3. " + DateFormat.getTimeInstance().format(now));

System.out.println(" 4. " +

DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(now));

// Next, try the short, medium and long variants of the

// default time format

System.out.println(" 5. " +

DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT).format(now));

System.out.println(" 6. " +

DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM).format(now));

System.out.println(" 7. " +

DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG).format(now));

// For the default date-time format, the length of both the

// date and time elements can be specified. Here are some examples:

System.out.println(" 8. " + DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(

DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.SHORT).format(now));

System.out.println(" 9. " + DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(

DateFormat.MEDIUM, DateFormat.SHORT).format(now));

System.out.println("10. " + DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(

DateFormat.LONG, DateFormat.LONG).format(now));

}

}