Formatting year using SimpleDateFormat

/*
Formatting year using SimpleDateFormat
This example shows how to format year using Java SimpleDateFormat class. Year can
be formatted in either YY or YYYY formats.
*/
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class FormattingYear {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//create Date object
Date date = new Date();
//formatting year in yy format like 07, 08 etc
String strDateFormat = "yy";
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(strDateFormat);
System.out.println("Current year in yy format : " + sdf.format(date));
//formatting year in yyyy format like 2007, 2008 etc.
strDateFormat = "yyyy";
sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(strDateFormat);
System.out.println("Current year in yyyy format : " + sdf.format(date));
}
}
/*
Typical output would be
Year in yy format : 07
Year in yyyy format : 2007
*/