Java Date toString() Method

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Description

The Java Date toString() method converts this Date to a String of the form: dow mon dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Date.toString() method

 public String toString() 

Parameters

NA

Return Value

The method returns a string representation of this date.

Exception

NA

Getting String representation of Date Object Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Date toString() method. We're creating a date instance and using toString() we've printed the corresponding string representation of the date object.

 package com.tutorialspoint; import java.time.Instant; import java.util.Date; public class DateDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { // create a date Date date = Date.from(Instant.now()); // display current date System.out.println("The current date shows: " + date.toString()); } } 

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

 The current date shows: Mon Apr 01 12:08:25 IST 2024