How to convert current date into string in java?

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user354299 picture user354299 · May 31, 2010 · Viewed 206.6k times · Source

How do I convert the current date into string in Java?

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Ian Purton picture Ian Purton · Feb 21, 2013 
String date = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy").format(new Date());

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