How to convert String into Date in java?

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Java string to date conversion

I want to convert String into Date format..How to do it? Normal way i can do it like for "dd-MM-yyyy".. But i want to convert following Strings

String sdate= "Jun 7, 2012 5:40:00 PM "; String edate ="Jun 28, 2012 5:40:00 PM ";

How to do it? Please help!

Possible dup: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4216745/java-string-to-date-conversion — nhahtdh, Jun 08 '12 at 05:54

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '12 at 05:52

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This is the API you should be looking into SimpleDateFormat

answered Jun 08 '12 at 05:52

Subir Kumar Sao

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I was looking for AM,PM thing also..ur link helped me alot ..thnkz :) – sumit Jun 08 '12 at 06:22

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 08 '12 at 06:04

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String edate ="Jun 28, 2012 5:40:00 PM ";
String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd";
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
String strDateNew = sdf.format(edate);

answered Jun 08 '12 at 06:04

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that didnt work for me.. :( but got other solution.. :) – sumit Jun 08 '12 at 06:21
@sumit ok.good.if my solution didnt work,can send me the link of other one.i want to know – riya ahuja Jun 08 '12 at 06:38

How to convert String into Date in java?

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