public class TestOutDate { public static void main(String[] args) { //method 1 Calendar nowtime = new GregorianCalendar(); String strDateTime="["+String.format("%04d", nowtime.get(Calendar.YEAR))+"/"+ String.format("%02d", nowtime.get(Calendar.MONTH))+"/" + String.format("%02d", nowtime.get(Calendar.DATE))+" " + String.format("%02d", nowtime.get(Calendar.HOUR))+":" + String.format("%02d", nowtime.get(Calendar.MINUTE))+":" + String.format("%02d", nowtime.get(Calendar.SECOND))+"." + String.format("%03d", nowtime.get(Calendar.MILLISECOND))+"]"; System.out.println(strDateTime);
//method 2 String msg=""; Date date = new Date(); SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.SSS"); msg+="["+sdf.format(date)+"]";