Java Format - Java DateFormat .getDateInstance (int style)

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Syntax

DateFormat.getDateInstance(int style) has the following syntax.

public static final DateFormat getDateInstance(int style)

Example

In the following code shows how to use DateFormat.getDateInstance(int style) method.

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Date date = new Date();

    String strDate = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT).format(date);
    System.out.println(strDate);
    
    strDate = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL).format(date);
    System.out.println(strDate);
    
    strDate = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG).format(date);
    System.out.println(strDate);
    
    strDate = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT).format(date);
    System.out.println(strDate);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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