Scala: printing a DateTime object in specific format

Question

I have a DateTime object and I want to print it with a given format, let's say yyyy-MM-dd.

I've tried

val date = DateTime.now()
val format = "yyyy-MM-dd"
println(date.formatted(format))

but got yyyy-MM-dd as if the format wasn't recognized.

I also tried

val formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format)
println(

but got

Cannot format given Object as a Date java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot format given Object as a Date

How do I print the DateTime object in the format of my choosing?

if so, have a look: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20331163/how-to-format-joda-time-datetime-to-only-mm-dd-yyyy — pedrorijo91, May 07 '17 at 19:06
Possible duplicate of [How to format Joda-Time DateTime to only mm/dd/yyyy?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20331163/how-to-format-joda-time-datetime-to-only-mm-dd-yyyy) — pedrorijo91, May 07 '17 at 19:07
@pedrorijo91 although the answers overlap, the PO in that question asks about parsing a string, not a DateTime object — Dotan, May 08 '17 at 07:30

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '17 at 13:59

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a date object has a toString(format: String) method.

date.toString(format)

2017-05-07

answered May 07 '17 at 13:59

Dotan

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