Various Date format : Date Format « Data Type « Java Tutorial






Various Date format
/*
 *
 * Copyright (c) 1998 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Sun grants you ("Licensee") a non-exclusive, royalty free, license to use,
 * modify and redistribute this software in source and binary code form,
 * provided that i) this copyright notice and license appear on all copies of
 * the software; and ii) Licensee does not utilize the software in a manner
 * which is disparaging to Sun.
 *
 * This software is provided "AS IS," without a warranty of any kind. ALL
 * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY
 * IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR
 * NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED. SUN AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE
 * LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING
 * OR DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES. IN NO EVENT WILL SUN OR ITS
 * LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST REVENUE, PROFIT OR DATA, OR FOR DIRECT,
 * INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, HOWEVER
 * CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF
 * OR INABILITY TO USE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF SUN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
 * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
 *
 * This software is not designed or intended for use in on-line control of
 * aircraft, air traffic, aircraft navigation or aircraft communications; or in
 * the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear
 * facility. Licensee represents and warrants that it will not use or
 * redistribute the Software for such purposes.
 */



import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.Box;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;


public class ComboBoxDemo2 extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
  static JFrame frame;

  JLabel result;

  String currentPattern;

  public ComboBoxDemo2() {
    setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
    String[] patternExamples = { "dd MMMMM yyyy", "dd.MM.yy", "MM/dd/yy",
        "yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' hh:mm:ss z", "EEE, MMM d, ''yy", "h:mm a", "H:mm:ss:SSS", "K:mm a,z",
        "yyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa" };

    currentPattern = patternExamples[0];

    // Set up the UI for selecting a pattern.
    JLabel patternLabel1 = new JLabel("Enter the pattern string or");
    JLabel patternLabel2 = new JLabel("select one from the list:");

    JComboBox patternList = new JComboBox(patternExamples);
    patternList.setEditable(true);
    patternList.addActionListener(this);

    // Create the UI for displaying result.
    JLabel resultLabel = new JLabel("Current Date/Time", JLabel.LEADING); // ==
                                                                          // LEFT
    result = new JLabel(" ");
    result.setForeground(Color.black);
    result.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(
        BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black), BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5)));

    // Lay out everything.
    JPanel patternPanel = new JPanel();
    patternPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(patternPanel, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
    patternPanel.add(patternLabel1);
    patternPanel.add(patternLabel2);
    patternList.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
    patternPanel.add(patternList);

    JPanel resultPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1));
    resultPanel.add(resultLabel);
    resultPanel.add(result);

    patternPanel.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
    resultPanel.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);

    add(patternPanel);
    add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 10)));
    add(resultPanel);

    setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));

    reformat();
  } // constructor

  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    JComboBox cb = (JComboBox) e.getSource();
    String newSelection = (String) cb.getSelectedItem();
    currentPattern = newSelection;
    reformat();
  }

  /** Formats and displays today's date. */
  public void reformat() {
    Date today = new Date();
    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(currentPattern);
    try {
      String dateString = formatter.format(today);
      result.setForeground(Color.black);
      result.setText(dateString);
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
      result.setForeground(Color.red);
      result.setText("Error: " + iae.getMessage());
    }
  }

  /**
   * Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety, this method should be
   * invoked from the event-dispatching thread.
   */
  private static void createAndShowGUI() {
    // Create and set up the window.
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("ComboBoxDemo2");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    // Create and set up the content pane.
    JComponent newContentPane = new ComboBoxDemo2();
    newContentPane.setOpaque(true); // content panes must be opaque
    frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);

    // Display the window.
    frame.pack();
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
    // creating and showing this application's GUI.
    javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
      public void run() {
        createAndShowGUI();
      }
    });
  }
}








2.41.Date Format
2.41.1.Date Parsing and Formatting with DateFormat
2.41.2.Parsing the Time Using a Custom Format
2.41.3.Parse with a custom format
2.41.4.Parse with a default format
2.41.5.Parse string date value input with SimpleDateFormat('dd-MMM-yy')
2.41.6.Parse a date and time
2.41.7.Parse string date value input with SimpleDateFormat('E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z')
2.41.8.Parse string date value with default format: DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT)
2.41.9.Leniency
2.41.10.Formatting String Symbols for SimpleDateFormat
2.41.11.SimpleDateFormat: hh:mm:ss, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss zzz, E MMM dd yyyy
2.41.12.Simply format a date as YYYYMMDD
2.41.13.Express a duration in term of HH:MM:SS
2.41.14.Date Format with SimpleDateFormat
2.41.15.Demonstrate date formats with different DateFormat constants
2.41.16.Demonstrate time formats.
2.41.17.DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL,DateFormat.MEDIUM)
2.41.18.print out the current date and time
2.41.19.Date Era change
2.41.20.Format Date with System.out.format
2.41.21.SimpleDateFormat
2.41.22.Formatting Dates and Times
2.41.23.Four different date formats for four countries: US, UK, GERMANY, FRANCE
2.41.24.Various Date formatVarious Date format
2.41.25.Display date with day name in a short format
2.41.26.Display date with a short day and month name
2.41.27.Format a date into dd/mm/yyyy
2.41.28.Format current date and time with the SimpleDateFormat: dd/MM/yyyy
2.41.29.Format current date and time with the SimpleDateFormat: HH:mm:ss
2.41.30.Formatting Symbols for SimpleDateFormat
2.41.31.Formatting the Time Using a Custom Format
2.41.32.Change date formatting symbols
2.41.33.Get a List of Short Month Names
2.41.34.Get a List of Weekday Names
2.41.35.Get a List of Short Weekday Names
2.41.36.Time in 12-hour format
2.41.37.Time in 24-hour format
2.41.38.Date and time with month
2.41.39.Date and time with day and month fully spelled-out
2.41.40.Output current time: %tc
2.41.41.Formatter that caches formatted date information
2.41.42.RFC date format
2.41.43.A formatter that formats dates to show the elapsed time relative to some base date.