Convert timestamp to string

Question

In java I need to display 'time of the program start'

It must be in String.

How do I get the current time, and then convert it to a String?

possible duplicate of [How to get the current time in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:Sec.Millisecond format in Java?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1459656/how-to-get-the-current-time-in-yyyy-mm-dd-hhmisec-millisecond-format-in-java) — Basil Bourque, Oct 14 '14 at 15:59

score 29 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '14 at 12:41

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try this

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss");
String string  = dateFormat.format(new Date());
System.out.println(string);

you can create any format see this

answered Oct 14 '14 at 12:41

amit bhardwaj

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cannot find symbol 'SimpleDateFormat', how do I fix this? Fixed: import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; Thanks a lot! – user3703289 Oct 14 '14 at 12:53
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imports are missing import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; – Madhawa Priyashantha Oct 14 '14 at 12:55
add this ----> import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; – amit bhardwaj Oct 14 '14 at 12:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 14 '14 at 12:39

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new Date().toString();

http://www.mkyong.com/java/java-how-to-get-current-date-time-date-and-calender/

Dateformatter can make it to any string you want

answered Oct 14 '14 at 12:39

S. Tersteeg

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Convert timestamp to string

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