{"id":33479,"date":"2023-02-08T16:18:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T10:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-do-i-need-dateformat-closed\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T16:18:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T10:48:05","slug":"solved-why-do-i-need-dateformat-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-do-i-need-dateformat-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Why do i need DateFormat? [closed]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-25079974\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"25079974\" data-parentid=\"25079936\" data-score=\"4\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>If you output the <code>Date<\/code> object directly, its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/docs.oracle.com\/javase\/8\/docs\/api\/java\/util\/Date.html#toString--\"><code>toString<\/code><\/a> function is called implicitly, giving you a string in the format <code>dow mon dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy<\/code>, which may or may not be what you want.<\/p>\n<p>Using  <code>DateFormat<\/code> implementation lets you choose the date format that seems appropriate for your task. 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