java convert date to string

1    Date date = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();  
2    DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss");  
3    String strDate = dateFormat.format(date);  

1// java convert date to string
2import java.util.Date;
3import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
4public class DateToStringDemo
5{
6   public static void main(String[] args)
7   {
8      Date dt = new Date();
9      SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
10      String strDate = sdf.format(dt);
11      System.out.println("Date format - MM/dd/yyyy to string is : " + strDate);
12      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-M-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
13      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
14      System.out.println("Date format - dd-M-yyyy hh:mm:ss to string is : " + strDate);
15      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy");
16      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
17      System.out.println("Date format - dd MMMM yyyy to string is : " + strDate);
18      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy zzzz");
19      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
20      System.out.println("Date format - dd MMMM yyyy zzzz to string is : " + strDate);
21      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z");
22      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
23      System.out.println("Date format - E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z to string is : " + strDate);
24   }
25}

1Format formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
2String s = formatter.format(date);