date functions

is there a way to add a date and time to a label
or from a button click to a textArea

like for instances

Code:

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public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
if(e.getSource()==btnDate)
{
jTextArea1.setText("Date and Time here!");
Date();

}//end btnDate

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any suggestions...
thanks in advace :)

Code:

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JLabel jl = new JLabel(new Date().toString());

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Im not sure how you would want the date formatted.

• SHORT is completely numeric, such as 12.13.52 or 3:30pm
• MEDIUM is longer, such as Jan 12, 1952
• LONG is longer, such as January 12, 1952 or 3:30:32pm
• FULL is pretty completely specified, such as Tuesday, April 12, 1952 AD or 3:30:42pm PST.

Code:

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import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.Date;
import java.text.DateFormat; 

DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);
 
JLabel jl = new JLabel(df.format(new Date()).toString());

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excellent :) cheers!