Learn by example how format output with the Java printf method. If you want to format dates, times, integers, doubles and Strings in the text you output to the console, logs or streams, you'll need ...

Using java.time lets you accomplish operations such as retrieving the current date, manipulating dates, and formatting with fewer lines of code and less complexity.

I really hope we're missing something obvious.So, in SimpleDateFormat Java provides us with two definitions of time zone, the General (z) and the RFC 822 (Z). General is long format, short format ...