calendar api to display date alone

Question

    import java.util.Calendar;

    public class Employee {
        private Calendar doj; 
        public Employee(Calendar date) {
            // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
            this.doj=date;
        }
        public Calendar getDoj() 
        { 
        return doj; 
        } 

    }



import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.List;


public class TestEmployeeSort {

    /**
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        List<Employee> coll = getEmployees();
        printList(coll);
    }
        public static List<Employee> getEmployees() 
        { 
            List<Employee> col = new ArrayList<Employee>();

            col.add(new Employee(Calendar.getInstance()));
            return col;
        } 
        private static void printList(List<Employee> list) { 
            System.out.println("Date_Of_Joining"); 

            for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) { 
                Employee e = list.get(i); 
                System.out.println(e.getDoj()); 
            } 
        } 
    }

The above codes produce the following output Date_Of_Joining java.util.GregorianCalendar[time=1291275522078,areFieldsSet=true,areAllFieldsSet=true,lenient=true,zone=sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfo[id="Asia/Calcutta",offset=19800000,dstSavings=0,useDaylight=false,transitions=6,lastRule=null],firstDayOfWeek=1,minimalDaysInFirstWeek=1,ERA=1,YEAR=2010,MONTH=11,WEEK_OF_YEAR=49,WEEK_OF_MONTH=1,DAY_OF_MONTH=2,DAY_OF_YEAR=336,DAY_OF_WEEK=5,DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH=1,AM_PM=1,HOUR=1,HOUR_OF_DAY=13,MINUTE=8,SECOND=42,MILLISECOND=78,ZONE_OFFSET=19800000,DST_OFFSET=0]

I just need to print the date alone. How should i change the code?

Jon Skeet Jon Skeet · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-02T07:44:56

Well personally I'd use Joda Time (and its LocalDate class, if you really only want to maintain the date) rather than java.util.Calendar, but if you do want to use Calendar, you need a SimpleDateFormat.

java.util.Calendar sample:

import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;

public class Test
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
        System.out.println(format.format(calendar.getTime()));
    }
}

Joda Time sample:

import org.joda.time.*;
import org.joda.time.format.*;

public class Test
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        LocalDate today = new LocalDate();
        // Alternatively, use DateTimeFormat.mediumDate etc
        DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("dd/MM/yyyy");
        System.out.println(formatter.print(today));
    }
}

calendar api to display date alone

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