Get Date Object Set to Specific Date In Java

• 2019-03-13
• Alex Nugent
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To get a date object set to a specific date you can use the Calendar class as follows in the following example code:

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// // The following example code demonstrates how to // create a Date object set to a specific date and time using the Calendar class. // public class GetSpecificDateObject { public static void main(String[] args) { Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(); calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 8); calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 8); calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR, 8); calendar.set(Calendar.AM_PM, Calendar.AM); calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, Calendar.AUGUST); calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 8); calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2008); Date date = calendar.getTime(); SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss a"); System.out.println(dateFormat.format(date)); } }

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// // The following example code demonstrates how to // create a Date object set to a specific date and time using the Calendar class. // public class GetSpecificDateObject {     public static void main(String[] args) {     Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();       calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 8);     calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 8);     calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR, 8);     calendar.set(Calendar.AM_PM, Calendar.AM);     calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, Calendar.AUGUST);     calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 8);     calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2008);       Date date = calendar.getTime();     SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss a");       System.out.println(dateFormat.format(date));   }   }

Here is the output of the example code:

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2008-08-08 08:08:08 AM

1	2008-08-08 08:08:08 AM