Creating a short date

Question

This is what I'm doing currently
Date today = new Date();
String sDate = today.toGMTString();
System.out.println(sDate);How can I write a short date? Like 31/11/01? Can someone show me off the top of their head? I've looked at some examples on this website,but I can't understand where they are coming from, because they all use arrays and print 100 different styles. I just get lost....

Answer 1

Try this ...
        Date today = new Date();
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
        String shortDate = sdf.format(today);
        System.out.println("Short date = " + shortDate);