Date date1 = new Date();
SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy");
System.out.println(sdf1.format(date1));

Date date2 = new Date();
Locale locale = Locale.GERMAN;
SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM dd, yyyy", locale);
System.out.println(sdf2.format(date2));

Date date3 = new Date();
DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);
System.out.println(df.format(date3));
df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);
System.out.println(df.format(date3));
df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG);
System.out.println(df.format(date3));
df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL);
System.out.println(df.format(date3));
df = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);
System.out.println(df.format(date3));
df = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);
System.out.println(df.format(date3));
df = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG);
System.out.println(df.format(date3));
df = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL);
System.out.println(df.format(date3));

Date date4 = new Date();
Locale locale2 = Locale.ENGLISH;
DateFormat df2 = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, locale2);
System.out.println(df2.format(date2));

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
SimpleDateFormat sdf3 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy");
System.out.println(sdf3.format(cal.getTime()));