Unable to get only the day of date from the date format?

Question

How to get the date from the date format

dd/MM/yyyy

Example:

04/05/2015

I only need the date as 04.

Here is code snippet:

DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
Date date = new Date(); 
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH,1);
System.out.println(dateFormat.format(date));

How to solve this issue?

Take a look at the following question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1005523/how-to-add-one-day-to-a-date — Nikolai, May 04 '15 at 06:31

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 04 '15 at 06:06

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Use cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH).

answered May 04 '15 at 06:06

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Jens · Answer 2 · 2015-05-04T14:49:40.353

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Simply change DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy"); to DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd"); or use cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);

edited May 04 '15 at 14:49

answered May 04 '15 at 06:07

Jens

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catch23 · Answer 3 · 2015-05-04T06:53:47.103

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You need to change pattern which shows to you desired data format:

DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd");

instead of

DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");

UPDATE:

Java 1.8 has updated data and time API.

Here is snippet of code which I checked:

    LocalDate lastAprilDay = LocalDate.of(2014, Month.APRIL, 30);
    System.out.println("last april day: " + lastAprilDay);
    LocalDate firstMay = lastAprilDay.plusDays(1);
    System.out.println("should be first may day: " + firstMay);
    DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd");
    String formatDate = formatter.format(firstMay);
    System.out.println("formatted date: " + formatDate);

Output:

last april day: 2014-04-30
should be first may day: 2014-05-01
formatted date: 01

For more info see Java documentations to this classes:

edited May 04 '15 at 06:53

answered May 04 '15 at 06:11

catch23

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I have tried that too.. in other scenario where i have to increment the date its not working proper (Eg: April month has 30 days if i increment one day the current day is displayed as 31 instead 1st may ) kindly suggest how to over cum this ?? – Shiva Ravi May 04 '15 at 06:22
@ShivaRavi Which version of **JDK** have you used? – catch23 May 04 '15 at 06:26
@ShivaRavi for date manipulation, you must use Calendar class, not Date class. – Aakash May 04 '15 at 06:38
@nazar_art i am using jdk-8u40-windows-x64 – Shiva Ravi May 04 '15 at 06:39
@nazar_art : Thanks a lot.. i will try this i let you know :) – Shiva Ravi May 04 '15 at 06:53
@ShivaRavi To be sure that you are using exactly `JDK 1.8` at your ***IDE***. – catch23 May 04 '15 at 06:55
@ShivaRavi it's kind of you "accept" the answer that resolved your issue, cheers! – catch23 May 04 '15 at 19:41

Unable to get only the day of date from the date format?

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