Java Converting String(day/month/year) format to Date

Question

I am trying to conver the string to a date

String date = "12/31/2012";
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd");
        try {
            Date parse = sdf.parse(date);
            System.out.println(parse);
        } catch (ParseException ex) {     
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }

But it appears to me that it is having an Exception. of ParseExpception. why is that? I want to generate a date for 12/31/2012

Answer 1

Date String - 12/31/2012

It matches with - MM/dd/yyyy

• d - Day of the month
• M - Month in year
• y - Year

...

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");

Answer 2

format for month is MM not mm and also your should should delimit with - and not / as your formatter delimiter is / and your format should match your date atring.

date 12-31-2012
fmt  MM-dd-yyyy


String date = "12-31-2012";
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");

Answer 3

If You could use Joda time

String dateStr = "11/15/2013";
Date date = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("dd/MM/yyyy").parseDateTime(dateStr).toDate();