javadatesimpledateformat

Java Formatting Date gives invalid month of 59

I am trying to get the current date and format it however i am getting an invalid month of 59. Under is the code

Code

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd");
Date todayDate = new Date();

String formatDate = df.format(todayDate);

Output is 2013-59-07

Solution

  • You need "MM" for month. "mm" is for minutes.

    See http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html