Java Tutorial: Convert string to date

Example 1: String dateStr = "06:23:12 ";

Date date = new Date ();

SimpleDateFormat strToDate = new SimpleDateFormat ("yyyy-MM-dd-hh: mm: ss ");
// Parse format String to date
Date = strToDate. parse (dateStr );

System. out. println (date );

// Date convert to format String according the format String
SimpleDateFormat dateToStr = new SimpleDateFormat ("dd/MM/yyyy-hh: mm: ss ");
// Parse date to format String

String temp = dateToStr. format (date );
System. out. println (temp );

Example 2:

/**

* Get Date

* @ Param dateStr

* @ Return

*/

String dateStr = "Thu Aug 05 12:56:00 CST 2010 ";

Private Date getExaminationDate (String dateStr ){

Date date = new Date ();

Try {

Date = new SimpleDateFormat (). parse (examinationDate );

} Catch (ParseException e ){

E. printStackTrace ();

}

Return date;

}

 

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