Function to convert String into Date

Question

I have this code written to convert a string which i extracted from a webpage into a date format. But whenever I run it, it converts the month into 01.

Can you please help me debug this code?

    if (this.subject != null && !this.subject.isEmpty()) {
        DateFormat userDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
        Date df = DATE_FORMAT.parse(this.subject);
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.setTime(df);
        String theDate = String.format("%tY-%tm-%td", cal, cal, cal);
        return theDate;
    }

`Can you please help me debug this code?` Why should *we* debug this code? — Steffen, May 20 '14 at 14:22
Why are you using `String.format(..)` instead of the `SimpleDateFormat`? — Sotirios Delimanolis, May 20 '14 at 14:23

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '14 at 14:24

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You do not need GregorianCalendar (I hope for you). Juste use this:

if (this.subject != null && !this.subject.isEmpty()) {
    DateFormat userDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
    return userDateFormat.parse(this.subject);
}

answered May 20 '14 at 14:24

lpratlong

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 20 '14 at 14:27

Try this code This should help

if (this.subject != null && !this.subject.isEmpty()) {
    DateFormat userDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
    DateFormat outDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

    Date df = userDateFormat.parsethis.subject );
    return outDateFormat.format(df);
}

Function to convert String into Date

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