simpledateformat 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));

String pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd";
SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);

String date = simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
System.out.println(date);

String pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd";
SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);

Date date = simpleDateFormat.parse("2018-09-09");

String pattern = "EEEEE dd MMMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSSZ";
SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat =
        new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, new Locale("da", "DK"));

String date = simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
System.out.println(date);