SimpleDateFormat to format year

In this chapter you will learn:

Formatting year using SimpleDateFormat

Formatting year using SimpleDateFormat

yy shows year value in two-digit form, while yyyy makes SimpleDateFormat display the year value in four-digit form.

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Date date = new Date();
    // formatting year in yy format like 07, 08 etc

    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yy");
    System.out.println("Current year in yy format : " + sdf.format(date));
    // formatting year in yyyy format like 2007, 2008 etc.

    sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy");
    System.out.println("Current year in yyyy format : " + sdf.format(date));
  }
}