How to create a Date with specific format in Java?

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I have the following code to handle date

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss a"); 

String s = formatter.format(formatter.parse("10/11/2011 4:24:00 PM");
System.out.prinln(s);
Date d = (Date)formatter.parseObject(s);
System.out.println(d);

this first print line output is : 10/10/2011 00:00:00 AM

and the second is : Mon Oct 10 00:00:00 GMT+02:00 2011

How I can make the second statement print out the same as the first one?

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the question is how to create date object with this format ?

This is already the third similar question today: Data->String->Date?? — Martijn Courteaux
– Martijn Courteaux, Commented Oct 15, 2011 at 13:08
The question "how to create date object with this format" is nonsensical. The output you want is created by formatting a Date object using a DateFormat object (per Bozho's answer). — DwB
– DwB, Commented Oct 15, 2011 at 13:11
You must distinguish between the object itself (the date) and the correspondig formatting. The latter is in fact only a view that may vary depending on the environment (e.g. user language in a web application). — home
– home, Commented Oct 15, 2011 at 13:12

Bozho · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-15 13:12:52Z

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You can't. The toString() method of objects is used mainly for debugging, and not for presenting to users.

Always use a formatter. In your case: String formatted = formatter.format(d)

The Date object does not have a representation format. It only has the data. The formatter has the format.

edited Oct 15, 2011 at 13:12

answered Oct 15, 2011 at 13:06

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