How do I change the display of date of birth in java?

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In my Java code, date of birth is retrieved from a database in the format 1999-04-30. How can I out.println this in a different format? Like this: 30/04/1999

`DateFormat` or if you specific date format you want `SimpleDateFormat` — MadProgrammer, Jan 07 '16 at 06:53
[Possible Duplicate](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4772425/format-date-in-java) — MadProgrammer, Jan 07 '16 at 06:54
Not quite a duplicate. [That Question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4772425/format-date-in-java) is about a String representation of a date-time while this Question is about (a) a date-only value which means the use of date-only classes `java.sql.Date` and `java.time.LocalDate`, and (b) a database value rather than a mere String representation, or so we can presume. — Basil Bourque, Jan 07 '16 at 15:35
@html The [Answer by Andreas](http://stackoverflow.com/a/34649135/642706) is correct. Focus on the 2nd part as java.time is a *huge* improvement over the old date-time classes. Edit your Question to expound on the part that is not clear, or comment on his Answer. He is calling getDate on the ResultSet to get a java.sql.Date object (notice the `.sql.`), then calls `toLocalDate` to convert from java.sql to java.time. — Basil Bourque, Jan 08 '16 at 07:12

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 07 '16 at 07:01

You can format date as follows,

SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat();
String DateToStr = format.format(yourDataBaseDate);    
format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
DateToStr = format.format(yourDataBaseDate);
System.out.println(DateToStr);

This is sample date format for your question.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 07 '16 at 15:44

Hopefully, the date is retrieved as a java.sql.Date, which does not have a specific form.

To format such a date value, use:

java.sql.Date birthdate = resultSet.getDate("Birthdate");

SimpleDateFormat dateFmt = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
String text = dateFmt.format(birthdate);

Or, in java.time (Java 8 and later):

java.time.LocalDate birthdate = resultSet.getDate("Birthdate").toLocalDate();

DateTimeFormatter dateFmt = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/uuuu");
String text = birthdate.format(dateFmt);

How do I change the display of date of birth in java?

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