java - How to display date in dd/mm/yyyy format?

I am to new to Java. I want to display date in
dd/mm/yyyy format. When I print date using new
Date() function it gives me Sting which I don't want. Say I want to print
today's date it gives me Sat Jan 24 08:17:41 IST 2015 but I
want output as 24/1/2015

Answer

Use href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html"
rel="nofollow">SimpleDateFormat:

SimpleDateFormat
            sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
String date = sdf.format(new
            Date());