<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}"/>It will output a default format similar below:
2016-02-20 21:11:50 SGT
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="datetime"/>
2/20/16 9:15 PM
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="date"/>
2/20/16
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="time"/>
9:15 PM
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="both"/>
2/20/16 9:15 PM
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="datetime" style="SHORT"/>
2/20/16 9:20 PM
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="datetime" style="MEDIUM"/>
Feb 20, 2016 9:20:32 PM
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="datetime" style="LONG"/>
February 20, 2016 9:20:32 PM SGT
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="datetime" style="FULL"/>
Saturday, February 20, 2016 9:20:32 PM SGT
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="date" style="SHORT"/>
2/20/16
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="date" style="MEDIUM"/>
Feb 20, 2016
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="date" style="LONG"/>
February 20, 2016
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="date" style="FULL"/>
Saturday, February 20, 2016
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="time" style="SHORT"/>
9:20 PM
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="time" style="MEDIUM"/>
9:20:32 PM
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="time" style="LONG"/>
9:20:32 PM SGT
<g:formatDate date="${new Date()}" type="time" style="FULL"/>
9:20:32 PM SGT
<g:formatDate format="MMMM dd, yyyy" date="${new Date()}"/>
February 20, 2016
<g:formatDate format="MMM dd, yyyy z" date="${new Date()}"/>
Feb 20, 2016 SGT
<g:formatDate format="MM dd, yyyy Z" date="${new Date()}"/>
02 20, 2016 +0800
<g:formatDate format="M dd, yyyy G" date="${new Date()}"/>
2 20, 2016 AD
Here are the available pattern letters and their meaning. Check here for details:
Letter | Date or Time Component | Example |
---|---|---|
G | Era designator | AD |
y | Year | 1996; 96 |
M | Month in year | July; Jul; 07 |
w | Week in year | 27 |
W | Week in month | 2 |
D | Day in year | 189 |
d | Day in month | 10 |
F | Day of week in month | 2 |
E | Day in week | Tuesday; Tue |
a | Am/pm marker | PM |
H | Hour in day (0-23) | 0 |
k | Hour in day (1-24) | 24 |
K | Hour in am/pm (0-11) | 0 |
h | Hour in am/pm (1-12) | 12 |
m | Minute in hour | 30 |
s | Second in minute | 55 |
S | Millisecond | 978 |
z | Time zone | Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00 |
Z | Time zone | -0800 |