Format Date with System.out.format in Java

System.out.format is used in Java to format output.

Firstly, create a Calendar object −

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();

Now, use theDate-Time conversion characters to get the date, month and year −

System.out.format("%te %tB, %tY%n", calendar, calendar, calendar);

The following is the complete example −

Example

 Live Demo

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Calendar;
public class TestFormat {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
      System.out.format("%te %tB, %tY%n", calendar, calendar, calendar);
   }
}

Output

22 November, 2018