Java tutorial
/* * Copyright 2015 BCN IT Consulting Ltd * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.actimem.blog.gson.dates; import com.google.gson.Gson; import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder; import java.io.IOException; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; public class SerializedFeatureDateDemo { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { Company company = new Company(); company.setName("Actimem"); company.setFounded(new GregorianCalendar(2015, 5, 20).getTime()); company.setUpdatedTs(new Date()); // DateFormat.FULL // DateFormat.LONG // DateFormat.MEDIUM // DateFormat.SHORT Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setDateFormat(DateFormat.MEDIUM).create(); String json = gson.toJson(company); System.out.println(json); Company company2 = gson.fromJson(json, Company.class); System.out.println(company2.toString()); } }