Java JFormattedTextField create from DefaultFormatterFactory
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import javax.swing.JFormattedTextField; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JTextField; import javax.swing.text.DateFormatter; import javax.swing.text.DefaultFormatterFactory; public class Main { public static void main(final String args[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("Formatted Example"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); DateFormat displayFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd"); DateFormatter displayFormatter = new DateFormatter(displayFormat); DateFormat editFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy"); DateFormatter editFormatter = new DateFormatter(editFormat); DefaultFormatterFactory factory = new DefaultFormatterFactory(displayFormatter, displayFormatter, editFormatter); JFormattedTextField date2TextField = new JFormattedTextField(factory, new Date()); frame.add(date2TextField, BorderLayout.NORTH); frame.add(new JTextField(), BorderLayout.SOUTH); frame.setSize(250, 100);// w w w . j av a 2s.com frame.setVisible(true); } }