Converting string timestamp to date

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How do i convert a string time-stamp like "Thu Jun 07 13:01:59 IST 2007" to date format in java?

Can refer to [SimpleDateFormat](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html) — Pau Kiat Wee, May 08 '12 at 08:06
I don't get it to work so easily. Tried: `new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss Z yyyy");` — juergen d, May 08 '12 at 08:15

slipset · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-08T08:23:59.080

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String ds = "Thu Jun 07 13:01:59 IST 2007";
SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy");
Date d = f.parse(ds);

As others mentioned, the answer is in the docs.

edited May 08 '12 at 08:23

answered May 08 '12 at 08:16

slipset

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You should use `HH`, not `hh`. – dogbane May 08 '12 at 08:19

alexey28 · Answer 2 · 2012-05-08T08:28:12.423

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You can use DateFormat:

DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("E M d HH:mm:ss z yyyy");
Date date = dateFormat.parse("Thu Jun 07 13:01:59 IST 2007");

edited May 08 '12 at 08:28

answered May 08 '12 at 08:10

alexey28

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-1 for using `F`. Should be `E`. – dogbane May 08 '12 at 08:13
Should be `yyyy`, not `YYYY`. This will throw an exception. – dogbane May 08 '12 at 08:24

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered May 08 '12 at 08:12

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First, create a date and time pattern string as specified in the SimpleDateFormat javadocs and then call parse to convert the string to a Date object.

answered May 08 '12 at 08:12

dogbane

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-1 not full answer. You should provide example in code – alexey28 May 08 '12 at 12:09

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered May 08 '12 at 08:13

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Use SimpleDateFormat. Something like this:

DateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM d hh:mm:ss Z yyyy");
Date date = fmt.parse(str);

answered May 08 '12 at 08:13

AlexR

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You should use `HH`, not `hh`. – dogbane May 08 '12 at 08:19

Converting string timestamp to date

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