Java Program To 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
*/