how to format a date using java

[Oliver76]

gud day...

i've been having problem on how to format my date to mmm-dd-yyyy. in vb6 i do it like this........... txt1.text = format(txt1,"mmm-dd-yyyy")

(i will put this in my applet)
heres my code in java:

public void paint(Graphics g) {
g.setFont(theFont); // theFont my var setup earlier
g.drawString(theDate.toString(),30,100); // theDate as well

but it gives me long date, and an "SGT" which i dont know what it means... hehehehe

tnx a lot in advance....

 

[Miros]

I think SGT is the time zone.

Try:

http://javaalmanac.com/egs/java.text/FormatDate.html

 

[Oliver76]

tnx Miros...

 

[Oliver76]

i tried to use this line of code with mine above, but it gives me error when i compile my source file... is "SimpleDateFormat" a build-in class or included in java.util.*???

formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy");
s = formatter.format(date);
// 29-Jan-02

pls help me fix this....

oliver

 

[timw]

You need an

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

If you're going to write more than a trivial amount of Java, please use the Java API Docs which are freely downloadable from Sun. You can easily get this kind information from it.

Tim

 

[Oliver76]

tnx a lot

 

[wangdong]

Here is a full example of data/time output.

http://www.4ugo.com/bbs/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=18&ID=386&replyID=&skin=1

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