SimpleDateFormat

Question

I have a quick question about SimpleDateFormat. Here's a bit of code:
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
java.util.Date date = cal.getTime();
String myDate = DateFormat.getDateInstance().format(date);
SimpleDateFormat goformat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM d, yyyy");
// I am catching this Exception, but left it off here
java.util.Date Date1 = goformat.parse(myDate);
System.out.println(myDate);
System.out.println(Date1);This is the output I am getting:
Jun 21, 2005 // I have the date on my computer in this format
Tue Jun 21 00:00:00 CDT 2005
Why isn't Date1 the same? Should I change myDate into numbers, i.e. 6/21/2005, and then parse it?
Thanks

Answer 1

They are the same. You specified a certain formatting for the String in your SimpleDateFormat initializer. Then, you printed that exact formatting. Date.toString() has its own formatting. You can verify this by trying:
static final public void main(final String[] args) {
        try {
             Date date = new Date();
             Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
             calendar.setTime(date);
             SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd kk:mm:ss zzz yyyy");
             System.out.println(formatter.format(date));
             System.out.println(date.toString());
         catch (Throwable e) {     
             e.printStackTrace();
    }- Saish