JAVA           Java|Util|Date example in DateFormat| SimpleDateFormat       Also See yyyymmddhhMMss format example Also see a simple example in date format in yyyymmddhhMMss You can copy the lines of code below and directly run this program to see most of the formats you are looking /** * We will struggle in parsing java dates to required format. * Please use this class run in your environment by changing package name you will get * All the formats of the dates. THIS IS THE BEST EXAMPLE FOR PARSING DATES */ import java.io.Serializable; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class JavaUtilDateDemo extends Date implements Serializable { private final static DateFormat time = new SimpleDateFormat("HHmmss"); private final static DateFormat date = new SimpleDateFormat("MMddyyyy"); private final static DateFormat dateTime = new SimpleDateFormat( "MMddyyyyHHmmss"); private final static DateFormat yyMMdd = new SimpleDateFormat("yyMMdd"); private final static DateFormat hhmm = new SimpleDateFormat("HHmm"); private final static DateFormat yyyymmddhhMM = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyyMMddHHmm"); private final static DateFormat yyyymmddhhMMss = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyyMMddHHmmss"); private final static DateFormat yyMMddhhmmss = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyMMddHHmmss"); private final static DateFormat MMyy = new SimpleDateFormat("MMyy"); private final static DateFormat MMDDHHmm = new SimpleDateFormat("MMDDHHmm"); private final static DateFormat yyyymmdd = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd"); private final static DateFormat hhmmssyyyyMMdd = new SimpleDateFormat( "HHmmssyyyyMMdd"); private final static DateFormat MMddyy = new SimpleDateFormat("MMddyy"); private final static DateFormat yyMM = new SimpleDateFormat("yyMM"); private final static DateFormat dateFormatmmddyyyy = new SimpleDateFormat( "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss"); private final static DateFormat dateFormatmmddyy = new SimpleDateFormat( "MM/dd/yy HH:mm:ss"); public String getdateFormatmmddyyyy() { return dateFormatmmddyyyy.format(this); } public String getdateFormatmmddyy() { return dateFormatmmddyy.format(this); } /** * */ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; /** * Constructor which accepts a java.util.Date as input * * @param date */ public JavaUtilDateDemo(java.util.Date date) { setTime(date.getTime()); } /** * Expects a string in MMddyyyyhhmmss format to parse into a * JavaUtilDateDemo * * @param dateTimeString * @throws ParseException */ public JavaUtilDateDemo(String dateTimeString) throws ParseException { this.setTime(dateTime.parse(dateTimeString).getTime()); } /** * */ public JavaUtilDateDemo() { super(); } /** * @param arg0 */ public JavaUtilDateDemo(long arg0) { super(arg0); } /** * * @return date string in MMddyyyy format */ public String getyyMMddString() { return yyMMdd.format(this); } /** * * @return date string in hhmm format */ public String gethhmmString() { return hhmm.format(this); } /** * * @return date string in MMddyyyy format */ public String getMMddyyyyString() { return date.format(this); } /** * * @return date string in hhmmss format */ public String getHHmmssString() { return time.format(this); } /* * @return date String in yyyymmddhhMM format */ public String getyyyymmddhhMMString() { return yyyymmddhhMM.format(this); } /* * @return date String in yyyymmddhhMM format */ public String getyyMMddhhmmssString() { return yyMMddhhmmss.format(this); } /** * @return date String in mmyy format */ public String getMMyyString() { return MMyy.format(this); } /** * * @return Date String in hhmm format */ public String getHHmmString() { return hhmm.format(this); } public static JavaUtilDateDemo getMMddyyyyDate(String MMddyyyy) throws ParseException { return new JavaUtilDateDemo(date.parse(MMddyyyy)); } public static JavaUtilDateDemo getyyMMddhhmmssDate(String yyMMddhhmmssString) throws ParseException { return new JavaUtilDateDemo(yyMMddhhmmss.parse(yyMMddhhmmssString)); } public static JavaUtilDateDemo getHHmmssDate(String HHmmss) throws ParseException { return new JavaUtilDateDemo(time.parse(HHmmss)); } public static JavaUtilDateDemo getYyMMddDate(String syyMMddhhmmss) throws ParseException { return new JavaUtilDateDemo(yyMMdd.parse(syyMMddhhmmss)); } public static JavaUtilDateDemo getyyMMddDate(String yyMMddString) throws ParseException { return new JavaUtilDateDemo(yyMMdd.parse(yyMMddString)); } public static JavaUtilDateDemo gethhmmssyyyyMMddDate( String hhmmssyyyyMMddString) throws ParseException { return new JavaUtilDateDemo(hhmmssyyyyMMdd.parse(hhmmssyyyyMMddString)); } /** * * @param yyyymmddhhMM * @return * @throws ParseException */ public static JavaUtilDateDemo getyyyymmddhhMM(String yyyymmddhhMMString) throws ParseException { return new JavaUtilDateDemo(yyyymmddhhMM.parse(yyyymmddhhMMString)); } public static JavaUtilDateDemo getyyyymmddhhMMss(String yyyymmddhhMMssString) throws ParseException { return new JavaUtilDateDemo(yyyymmddhhMMss.parse(yyyymmddhhMMssString)); } /* * @return date String in yyyymmdd format */ public String getyyyymmddString() { return yyyymmdd.format(this); } /* * @return date String in yyyymmdd format */ public String gethhmmssyyyyMMddString() { return hhmmssyyyyMMdd.format(this); } /* * @return date String in yyyymmdd format */ public String getMMddyyString() { return MMddyy.format(this); } public String getyyMMString() { return yyMM.format(this); } public String getMMDDHHmmString() { return MMDDHHmm.format(this); } /** * * @param mmyy * @return * @throws ParseException */ public static JavaUtilDateDemo getMMyy(String MMyyString) throws ParseException { return new JavaUtilDateDemo(MMyy.parse(MMyyString)); } public static JavaUtilDateDemo getyyyymmdd(String yyyymmddString) throws ParseException { return new JavaUtilDateDemo(yyyymmdd.parse(yyyymmddString)); } public static JavaUtilDateDemo getyyMMdd(String yyMMddString) throws ParseException { return new JavaUtilDateDemo(yyMMdd.parse(yyMMddString)); } public static JavaUtilDateDemo getMMDDHHmm(String MMDDHHmmString) throws ParseException { return new JavaUtilDateDemo(MMDDHHmm.parse(MMDDHHmmString)); } public boolean equals(Object obj) { return (obj.getClass().equals(JavaUtilDateDemo.class) && (((JavaUtilDateDemo) obj) .getTime() == this.getTime())); } public static void main(String[] args) { JavaUtilDateDemo JavaUtilDateDemo = new JavaUtilDateDemo(); DateFormat MMddyyyy = new SimpleDateFormat("MMddyyyy"); DateFormat MMddyy = new SimpleDateFormat("MMddyy"); DateFormat MMyy = new SimpleDateFormat("MMyy"); DateFormat Mddyy = new SimpleDateFormat("Mddyy"); try { // try some parsings here JavaUtilDateDemo.setTime(Mddyy.parse("10101").getTime()); JavaUtilDateDemo.setTime(MMddyyyy.parse("10212007").getTime()); } catch (Exception e) { } System.out.println(JavaUtilDateDemo.getdateFormatmmddyyyy()); 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