How to get date in proper format from Json object in Java using jettison

Question

Currently I am getting for

Input: Date applicationDate;

Output: 1318636800000

How do I format this date output properly?

Answer 1

You can do it like this:

    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    Date now = new Date();
    cal.setTime(now);
    System.out.println(cal.getTimeInMillis());