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
*/