Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import javax.swing.JFormattedTextField; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.text.MaskFormatter; public class Main extends JPanel { private JFormattedTextField formatText; public Main() { Date date = new Date(); SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"); String dateString = formatter.format(date); formatText = new JFormattedTextField(createFormatter("####-##-## ##:##:##")); formatText.setColumns(20); formatText.setText(dateString); setLayout(new BorderLayout()); add(new JLabel("Enter Date and Time in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format"), BorderLayout.NORTH); add(formatText, BorderLayout.CENTER); } private MaskFormatter createFormatter(String s) { MaskFormatter formatter = null; try { formatter = new MaskFormatter(s); } catch (java.text.ParseException exc) { System.err.println("formatter is bad: " + exc.getMessage()); } return formatter; } public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.add(new Main()); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } }