A getter for JTextfield, as date

Question

I am trying to make a getter for a JTextfield, the code looks like this

public Date getStartDate() {

    return textFieldStartDate.getText();
}

I get the error

 Type mismatch: cannot convert from String to Date

The problem is obvious, however i dont know how to solve it. I have been searching alot, but couldnt find a simple answer.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/999172/how-to-parse-a-date — Misch, Dec 04 '14 at 12:02
Of course you are having a `Date` field so the return type should be `Date` as well but you are returning `String`. You just need to convert the String to Date and return it. — Stanley Mungai, Dec 04 '14 at 12:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 04 '14 at 12:18

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Try this:

public Date getStartDate() {
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
Date date = formatter.parse(textFieldStartDate.getText());
    return date;
}

answered Dec 04 '14 at 12:18

Stanley Mungai

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Worked perfect. However i changed the format to MM-dd-yyyy, but it results ex. ""Oct 1, 2014 12:00:00 AM" and i want it in ex. "1-10-2014". Why is that not working? btw thanks for the help. – Mads Hjorth Dec 05 '14 at 14:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 04 '14 at 12:19

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change your method to

    public Date getStartDate() {

    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat= new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
    Date textDate= formatter.parse(textFieldStartDate.getText());
    return textDate;
    }

answered Dec 04 '14 at 12:19

VaibJ

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please provide an explanation of how this works/what you changed. – jbutler483 Dec 04 '14 at 12:55
Nothing different from above answer.we posted answer at the sametime. – VaibJ Dec 04 '14 at 19:28

A getter for JTextfield, as date

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