How to format string into date using Java

Question

I need to format a string into date using java. My String is "15th July, 2014" I need to convert it into date format like "15-07-2014"

Can anyone help me regarding that.

I tried the following code-----But it showing error "Unparseable date: "15th July,2014" SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy"); String dateStr = "15th July, 2014"; Date date = dateFormat.parse(dateStr); System.out.println(date); System.out.println(dateFormat.format(date)); — user2632692, Jul 15 '14 at 08:22
Are your monthes names written entirely ? Or is there a limit such as "Novemb" for "November" for example ? — singe3, Jul 15 '14 at 09:00

Jp Vinjamoori · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-15T09:35:59.557

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Here is the sample

    String dateString = "15th July, 2014";
    dateString= dateString.replace("th", "").replace("nd", "").replace("rd", "").replace("st", "");

    SimpleDateFormat formatter1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM, yyyy");
    Date dt = formatter1.parse(dateString);

    SimpleDateFormat formatter2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
    System.out.println(formatter2.format(dt));

Read the javadoc on SimpleDateFormat for various options http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

edited Jul 15 '14 at 09:35

answered Jul 15 '14 at 08:20

Jp Vinjamoori

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It doesn't help to parse the date from the questioner's string – singe3 Jul 15 '14 at 08:58
I didn't notice that you had String to begin with. I updated the code snippet – Jp Vinjamoori Jul 15 '14 at 09:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 15 '14 at 08:15

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Use SimpleDateFormat to parse the String as a java.util.Date object; then use another SimpleDataFormat to format the date object to any format you need.

Refer to JavaDoc for details (How to set the dateformat string)

answered Jul 15 '14 at 08:15

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 15 '14 at 08:17

You may need to define a SimpleDateFormat and use the parse method.

You can define almost any date pattern you want, just take a look on the pattern definition listed on javadocs

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

Beware SimpleDateFormat is not thread safe.

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