How to use formatToCharacterIterator(Object obj) method of java.text.SimpleDateFormat class

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SimpleDateFormatDemo.java

import java.text.CharacterIterator;
import java.text.Format;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class SimpleDateFormatDemo
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Date date =  new Date();
        System.out.println("date = "+date);
       
        Format formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");

        /*
         * Parameters:
         *
         * obj - The object to format
         *
         * Returns:
         *
         * Attributed CharacterIterator describing the formatted
         * value.
         */
        CharacterIterator ci = formatter.formatToCharacterIterator(date);

        for (char ch = ci.first(); ch != CharacterIterator.DONE; ch = ci.next())
        {
            System.out.print(ch);
        }
    }

}

Output:

date = Wed Jan 09 16:04:49 IST 2019
01/09/2019

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