SimpleDateFormat databaseDateTimeFormate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss");
SimpleDateFormat databaseDateFormate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yy");
SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' hh:mm:ss z");
SimpleDateFormat sdf3 = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, MMM d, ''yy");
SimpleDateFormat sdf4 = new SimpleDateFormat("h:mm a");
SimpleDateFormat sdf5 = new SimpleDateFormat("h:mm");
SimpleDateFormat sdf6 = new SimpleDateFormat("H:mm:ss:SSS");
SimpleDateFormat sdf7 = new SimpleDateFormat("K:mm a,z");
SimpleDateFormat sdf8 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa");
String currentDateandTime = databaseDateTimeFormate.format(new Date()); //2009-06-30 08:29:36
String currentDateandTime = databaseDateFormate.format(new Date()); //2009-06-30
String currentDateandTime = sdf1.format(new Date()); //30.06.09
String currentDateandTime = sdf2.format(new Date()); //2009.06.30 AD at 08:29:36 PDT
String currentDateandTime = sdf3.format(new Date()); //Tue, Jun 30, '09
String currentDateandTime = sdf4.format(new Date()); //8:29 PM
String currentDateandTime = sdf5.format(new Date()); //8:29
String currentDateandTime = sdf6.format(new Date()); //8:28:36:249
String currentDateandTime = sdf7.format(new Date()); //8:29 AM,PDT
String currentDateandTime = sdf8.format(new Date()); //2009.June.30 AD 08:29 AM
Формат даты. Шаблоны
G Era designator (before christ, after christ)
y Year (e.g. 12 or 2012). Use either yy or yyyy.
M Month in year. Number of M's determine length of format (e.g. MM, MMM or MMMMM)
d Day in month. Number of d's determine length of format (e.g. d or dd)
h Hour of day, 1-12 (AM / PM) (normally hh)
H Hour of day, 0-23 (normally HH)
m Minute in hour, 0-59 (normally mm)
s Second in minute, 0-59 (normally ss)
S Millisecond in second, 0-999 (normally SSS)
E Day in week (e.g Monday, Tuesday etc.)
D Day in year (1-366)
F Day of week in month (e.g. 1st Thursday of December)
w Week in year (1-53)
W Week in month (0-5)
a AM / PM marker
k Hour in day (1-24, unlike HH's 0-23)
K Hour in day, AM / PM (0-11)
z Time Zone