Java date format mm/dd/yyyy

In this source code example, we will you how to format a Date into DD/MM/YYYY format in Java.

Java Format Date to dd/mm/yyyy

The below Java program demonstrates how to format Date into DD/MM/YYYY format:

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

    	Date date = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();

        // Display a date in day, month, year format
        DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
        String today = formatter.format(date);
        System.out.println("Today : " + today);
        
        // Display date with day name in a short format
        formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd/MM/yyyy");
        today = formatter.format(date);
        System.out.println("Today : " + today);

        // Display date with a short day and month name
        formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy");
        today = formatter.format(date);
        System.out.println("Today : " + today);

        // Formatting date with full day and month name and show time up to
        // milliseconds with AM/PM
        formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, dd MMMM yyyy, hh:mm:ss.SSS a");
        today = formatter.format(date);
        System.out.println("Today : " + today);
    }

}

Output:

Today : 10/11/2021
Today : Wed, 10/11/2021
Today : Wed, 10 Nov 2021
Today : Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 04:33:40.678 pm