date format in java

/**
 * @author lautturi.com
 * Java example: java simpledateformat java date format
 */

import java.util.*;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Lautturi {
	public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
		
		String pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd";
		SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);

		Date date = simpleDateFormat.parse("2018-09-09");
		System.out.println(date);
		
		Date today = new Date();
		String todayString = simpleDateFormat.format(today);
		System.out.println(todayString);
	}
}

output:

Sun Sep 09 00:00:00 CST 2018
2020-11-07