Here you can find the source of getCurrentDateAsNiceString()
public static String getCurrentDateAsNiceString()
//package com.java2s; /**/*from w w w .j a v a2s . co m*/ * neuroConstruct * Software for developing large scale 3D networks of biologically realistic neurons * * Copyright (c) 2009 Padraig Gleeson * UCL Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology * * Development of this software was made possible with funding from the * Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA * */ import java.text.*; import java.util.*; public class Main { public static String getCurrentDateAsNiceString() { SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy"); Date now = new Date(); return formatter.format(now); } }