title: JAVA: Custom Format for Current Date in Java?
body: <p>I want to achieve the below format using Simple Date Format:</p>
  
  <p><strong>July 13, 2016</strong></p>
  
  <p>I have used the below code but i dont know  the format to use:</p>
  
  <pre><code>DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd:HH:mm:ss");
  Date currentDate = new Date();
  String currentDateString = dateFormat.format(currentDate);
  try { 
      currentDate = dateFormat.parse(currentDateString);
  } catch (ParseException e) {
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please guide.</p>