Java Convert ddmmmyyyy format date (12may2018) month three letters

New SimpleDateFormat ("ddmmmyyyy"= Oldformat.parse (str);

Java API:

SimpleDateFormat

SimpleDateFormat (String Pattern,locale Locale)

Constructed with the given pattern and the default date format symbol for a given locale SimpleDateFormat . Note: This construction method may not support all locales. To overwrite all locales, use DateFormat the factory method in the class.

Parameters:

pattern -Description of the date and time format pattern

locale -the locale in which the date format symbol is to be used

Thrown:

NullPointerException -If the given pattern or locale is null

IllegalArgumentException -If the given pattern is invalid

Java Convert ddmmmyyyy format date (12may2018) month three letters