Java Date and Time

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class SimpleDateFormatExample {
 public static void main(String[] args) {

  Date curDate = new Date();

  SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd");

  String DateToStr = format.format(curDate);
  System.out.println(DateToStr);

  format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-M-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
  DateToStr = format.format(curDate);
  System.out.println(DateToStr);

  format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy zzzz", Locale.ENGLISH);
  DateToStr = format.format(curDate);
  System.out.println(DateToStr);

  format = new SimpleDateFormat("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z");
  DateToStr = format.format(curDate);
  System.out.println(DateToStr);

  try {
   Date strToDate = format.parse(DateToStr);
   System.out.println(strToDate);
  } catch (ParseException e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }
}

Output:

2014/12/19
19-12-2014 04:54:26
19 December 2014 India Standard Time
Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:54:26 IST
Fri Dec 19 16:54:26 IST 2014