how to parse a string into date?

Question

what is the format in SimpleDateFormat for parsing a string ie 07/12/2013 into a date type? I am using the following code, but desired format is not comimg.

SimpleDateFormat formatter ; 
Date notBeforeDate ,notAfterDate; 
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("DD/MM/YYYY");
notBeforeDate = (Date)formatter.parse(notBeforeValue);  
notAfterDate = (Date)formatter.parse(notAfterValue);

possible duplicate of [Java string to date conversion](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4216745/java-string-to-date-conversion) — Shashi, Jul 31 '13 at 06:36

AllTooSir · Answer 1 · 2013-07-31T06:59:59.733

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Assuming you are looking for a Java solution. Change the format string :

DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
Date date = formatter.parse("07/12/2013");

Refer the documentation for the exact format string information.

edited Jul 31 '13 at 06:59

answered Jul 31 '13 at 06:33

AllTooSir

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 31 '13 at 07:00

Try this :

SimpleDateFormat formatter=new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy"); ; 
Date notBeforeDate ,notAfterDate; 
notBeforeDate =formatter.parse("Your String format Date");  
notAfterDate =formatter.parse("Your String format Date");

how to parse a string into date?

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