How to convert String to Date in android

Question

i convert String to Date as:

DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddhhmmss");
String datenow="20120917121823";
Date date2 = (Date) formatter.parse(datenow);

datenow is 12 pm. why after convert it's "Mon Sep 17 00:18:23 GMT+07:00 2012"

Can you help me? Thanks.

Read the docs for SimpleDateFormat. They have a table of formats and their corresponding symbols. — keyser, Sep 17 '12 at 08:57
You're not using the proper format. Hour is HH Same for minutes — Philippe Girolami, Sep 17 '12 at 08:55
Why in the world is my answer converted to a comment when it's the actual answer. Oh the wonders of the world... — Philippe Girolami, Sep 17 '12 at 12:12

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 17 '12 at 09:00

5

Because hh in hours grabs hours from 1 to 12 you can see the encoding here. You should be using:

DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss");
String datenow="20120917121823";
Date date2 = (Date) formatter.parse(datenow);

answered Sep 17 '12 at 09:00

Sergi Juanola

6,531
8
56
93

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '12 at 08:55

4

You can use:

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzzz yyyy");
    try {
        String temp = "Mon Sep 17 00:18:23 GMT+07:00 2012";
        Date expiry = formatter.parse(temp);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

answered Sep 17 '12 at 08:55

Shrikant Ballal

7,067
7
41
61

@Shrikant- but String of me is "20120917121823". – mum Sep 17 '12 at 08:58
Try [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5245741/converting-seconds-to-date-time-string) – Shrikant Ballal Sep 17 '12 at 09:06

How to convert String to Date in android

2 Answers2