Use the SimpleDateFormat from the java.text package

      

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

public class Main {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyyMMdd";
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
    Calendar c1 = Calendar.getInstance(); // today
    System.out.println("Today is " + sdf.format(c1.getTime()));
  }
}

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