Convert Calendar to yyyy-MM-dd format

Using 'SimpleDateFormat', you can convert Calendar instance to 'yyyy-MM-dd' format.

Example

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

String date = simpleDateFormat.format(cal.getTime());

App.java

package com.sample.app;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;

public class App {

 public static void main(String args[]) {
  Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

  SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

  String date = simpleDateFormat.format(cal.getTime());

  System.out.println("date : " + date);
  
 }
}

Output

date : 2020-01-25

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