Sorry, Milt...thought it was from struts-user, which tolerates just about anything being posted.
-----Original Message----- From: Milt Epstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 3:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Dates in java Hey, people, when did this turn into the date-interest mailing list?! Please don't post such flagrantly off-topic questions here, and if you want to respond to them, do so only to the original poster. On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Mike Cronin wrote: > Hey Travis, > > Try the following... > > // Establish a Date object for the current system date > java.util.Date currentDate = new java.util.Date(); > > // Set up a SimpleDateFormat object > SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy"); > > // Format the current date by the SimpleDateFormat object parameter > String dateString = sdf.format(currentDate); > > > Additional info can be found at the following links... > > http://www.dataoncall.com/snippets/java/Calendar.getinstance().jsp > http://www.dataoncall.com/snippets/java/SimpleDateFormat().jsp > > > Hope all this helps ya! > > Best regards, > > Mike Cronin > Data On Call > > > -----Original Message----- > From: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java Servlet > API Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Falls, Travis D (CASD, IT) > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 12:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Dates in java > > > I am trying to get the current date and time and return it in as string. > > I know I have to use Calendar.getInstance() and java.text.DateFormat. Any > one have any sample code to do this? > > > This communication, including attachments, is for the exclusive use of > addressee and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged > information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, > disclosure, dissemination or distribution is strictly prohibited. If > you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender > immediately by return email and delete this communication and destroy all > copies. > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > Milt Epstein Research Programmer Integration and Software Engineering (ISE) Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
