Formatting seconds using SimpleDateFormat

/*
  Formatting seconds using SimpleDateFormat
  This example shows how to format second field using Java SimpleDateFormat class. 
  Seconds can be formatted in either s or ss formats.  
*/
 
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
 
public class FormattingSeconds {
 
  public static void main(String[] args) {
 
    //create Date object
    Date date = new Date();
 
     //formatting seconds in s format like 1,2 etc.
     String strDateFormat = "s";
     SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(strDateFormat);
 
     System.out.println("seconds in s format : " + sdf.format(date));
 
     //formatting seconds in ss format like 01, 02 etc.
     strDateFormat = "ss";
     sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(strDateFormat);
     System.out.println("seconds in ss format : " + sdf.format(date));
  }
}
 
/*
Typical output would be
seconds in s format : 9
seconds in ss format : 09
*/