Formatting date 2/24 as "February, 24"

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I am trying t make a date that comes in like this mm/dd turn into the name of the month and day like it comes in 8/15 i want it to say August, 15

public void printAlphabetical()
{
           int month,day;// i got the month and day from a user previously in my program

       String s = String.format("%B, %02d%n",month,day);
       Date date = new Date();
       date.parse(s);// this does not work
       System.out.printf(s);
}

also you might wish to expand on where you're actually having a problem. p.s. this sounds like a homework problem. — xenoterracide, Nov 26 '09 at 14:36
this is a homework assignment and so i spelled it wrong you know what I meant lol anyways I have been at this all day yesterday and so far since like 7 am — AlThePal78, Nov 26 '09 at 14:39
Dude, you asked that question twice yesterday and there is dozen of answers already on SO. Did you consider trying to understand the answers already given before to post a new question? You are only generating noise here... — Pascal Thivent, Nov 26 '09 at 14:52
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1800091/java-date-format-real-simple — Pascal Thivent, Nov 26 '09 at 14:54

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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    System.out.println( new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM, dd").format( 
                          new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd").parse("2/24") ) );

mmhh dejavu? nahhh exact duplicate -> here

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Nov 26 '09 at 14:57

OscarRyz

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As I interpret it, he rather wanted `d` instead of `dd`. – BalusC Nov 26 '09 at 15:45
Yeah, it is a mystery. It works the same anyway. Parsing 2/24 yields february, 24. – OscarRyz Nov 26 '09 at 16:24
Yes, but formatting using `d` yields February, 1 and formatting using `dd` yields February, 01. – BalusC Nov 26 '09 at 16:35

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 26 '09 at 14:39

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See Calendar and SimpleDateFormat

answered Nov 26 '09 at 14:39

Maxime ARNSTAMM

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 06 '20 at 04:23

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Take a look at the Java simple date format:

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

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answered Nov 26 '09 at 14:40

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ZZ Coder · Answer 4 · 2009-11-26T15:14:34.677

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You can do something like this,

            DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
            Date date = (Date)formatter.parse(dateStr + "/2000); // Must use leap year
            formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM, dd");
            System.out.println(formatter.format(date));

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answered Nov 26 '09 at 14:45

ZZ Coder

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Sorry. I have the month and day reversed. Edited. – ZZ Coder Nov 26 '09 at 15:14

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 26 '09 at 14:38

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String[] months = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", 
                    "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"}

System.out.println(months[month - 1] + ", " + day);

answered Nov 26 '09 at 14:38

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He want full month names and you're leaving the SimpleDateFormat capabilities aside. – BalusC Nov 26 '09 at 14:44
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This should not be the accepted answer. Much better would be using a date-time library. – Basil Bourque Nov 02 '14 at 16:17

BalusC · Answer 6 · 2009-11-26T14:50:37.293

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2/24 as “February, 24”

So, the starting date has a pattern of M/d and the final date has a pattern of MMMM, d?

Use java.text.SimpleDateFormat wisely. First parse the String based on the desired pattern into a Date and then format the obtained Date into another String with the desired pattern.

Basic example:

String datestring1 = "2/24"; // or = month + "/" + day;
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("M/d").parse(datestring1);
String datestring2 = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM, d").format(date);
System.out.println(datestring2); // February, 24 (Month name is locale dependent!)

edited Nov 26 '09 at 14:50

answered Nov 26 '09 at 14:44

BalusC

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What about linking directly to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1800091/java-date-format-real-simple/1800202#1800202? – Pascal Thivent Nov 26 '09 at 14:56
That's just a compilation error. The posted code compiles fine. Maybe you imported `java.sql.Date` instead of `java.util.Date`. That's often the first class with which an IDE pops up and also often which causes problems among the unawareness. – BalusC Nov 26 '09 at 15:44
@Pascal: although the concepts are the same, but that's a different answer. – BalusC Nov 26 '09 at 15:46

Formatting date 2/24 as "February, 24"

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