Answers for "java get date in format yyyy-mm-dd"

how to format ddmmmyyyy to ddmmyy in java

SimpleDateFormat format1 = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
    SimpleDateFormat format2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy");
    Date date = format1.parse("05/01/1999");
    System.out.println(format2.format(date));

java date to string yyyy-mm-dd

java.util.Date date = new Date("Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 GMT 2012");
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
String format = formatter.format(date);
System.out.println(format);

program to check if the given date is in in the format dd/mm/yyyy java

//Using Regex
boolean checkFormat;

if (input.matches("([0-9]{2})/([0-9]{2})/([0-9]{4})"))
    checkFormat=true;
else
   checkFormat=false;