Get pattern of SimpleDateFormat

Question

I have a combo box with list of the current date with a different format. When the user selected the format, the current date with the selected format will be display. I need to save the selected pattern of the date in a file. I look everywhere and I can't find a specific answer for my problem. Is there a way to get the specific pattern of a date in java?

Answer 1

From the docs :

public String toPattern()
Returns a pattern string describing this date format.

Answer 2

When user select date-format bring that format here and pass , like "dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm" and display like that:

 SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(<Pass_here_your_date_format);
    Date date = new Date();
    try {
        date = formatter.parse(strDate);
    } catch (java.text.ParseException ex) {
    ex.printStackTrace();
    }
    System.out.println(date);