Date simple question

[elibb]

hi, this is a very simple question, but i cannt find the answer, how can i get the actual date (from the system) in the format "yyMMddmmss"
for example if now is october 3, 2003 11:58am i want it to be:

"0310031158"

so i can name a file like that..

if you can post some code, ill be forever thankful.

thank you very much

Eli

 

[palbano]

see the class java.text.SimpleDateFormat

-pete

 

[elibb]

i checked, but i still cannt make it work.. could You post some code please?

Eli

 

[JVZ]

Here is sample code:

import java.util.*;

 public class CurrentDate {

 public static void  main(String arg[]) {

     Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getDefault());

     String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyyMMddHHmm";
     java.text.SimpleDateFormat sdf =
           new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);

     sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());

     System.out.println("The file name will be : " + sdf.format(cal.getTime()));
     }
 }

 

[elibb]

thank you very much JVZ, thats exactly what i needed.

Eli