I’m looking for a way to parse a string which would replace some patterns

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Asked: June 17, 20262026-06-17T18:52:18+00:00 2026-06-17T18:52:18+00:00

I’m looking for a way to parse a string which would replace some patterns with components of a date that I provide.

Do you know of a standard way to do this?

One usage would be:

parseForDate("fileName%YYYY%MM.csv", new Date()); // returns: filename201301.csv

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-17T18:52:19+00:00

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Consider using format:

String filename = String.format("fileName%1$tY%1$tm.csv", new Date());

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