public final String format(Date date)

// Java Program to Illustrate format() Method
// of DateTime Class
 
// Importing required classes
import java.text.*;
import java.util.Calendar;
 
// Main class
// DateFormat_Demo
public class GFG {
 
    // Main driver method
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
 
        // Initializing the first formatter
        DateFormat DFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
 
        // Initializing the calendar Object
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
 
        // Displaying the actual date
        System.out.println("The original Date: "
                           + cal.getTime());
 
        // Converting date using format() method
        String curr_date = DFormat.format(cal.getTime());
 
        // Printing the formatted date
        System.out.println("Formatted Date: " + curr_date);
    }
}

The original Date: Wed Mar 27 11:12:29 UTC 2019
Formatted Date: Mar 27, 2019

// Java Program to Illustrate format() Method
// of DateTime Class
 
// Importing required classes
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
 
// Main class
// DateFormat_Demo
public class GFG {
 
    // Main driver method
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Initializing the first formatter
        DateFormat DFormat = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(
            DateFormat.LONG, DateFormat.LONG,
            Locale.getDefault());
 
        // Initializing the calendar Object
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
 
        // Displaying the actual date
        System.out.println("The original Date: "
                           + cal.getTime());
 
        // Converting date using format() method and
        // storing date in a string
        String curr_date = DFormat.format(cal.getTime());
 
        // Printing the formatted date on console
        System.out.println("Formatted Date: " + curr_date);
    }
}

The original Date: Tue Jan 11 05:42:29 UTC 2022
Formatted Date: January 11, 2022 at 5:42:29 AM UTC