Special Characters

Question

I have noticed that in some strings, certain characters appear that have special functions, like (if I am not mistaken) "%t", which I believe gives the current time.

Could someone explain to me what the list of these special characters are, and, if possible, how Java understands and interprets them?

Answer 1

All the best to your rubber ducking approach! 😉

Here's a good read for you:-
https://dzone.com/articles/java-string-format-examples

Answer 2

So I was looking to an answer for my question, and I believe I have an answer.

If you create a "Date" Object (imported in Java.util), supposedly, that holds the current date and time. If you print it out, it prints the current date and time.

Let me check to make sure.