Code for matching date Pattern

Question

I have a scenario where I get the date value from the xml and the date value from the website. I am able to retrieve the results, But now I need to compare the format of the retrieved results whether it is in 'MM YYYY' format or not ? How can i do that ? i have to check the format in String manner ie for e.g Apr 2010 but not 04 2010

Please can anyone of you help me ??

By the way, check out the [`YearMonth`](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/YearMonth.html) class of the java.time framework built into Java 8 and later. — Basil Bourque, Mar 17 '16 at 10:49

Anand Kumar · Answer 1 · 2016-03-17T06:08:55.813

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public class SimpleDate {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Date date = new Date();
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy");
    String strDate = sdf.format(date);   
    sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM/yyyy");
    strDate = sdf.format(date);
    System.out.println(strDate);

  }
}

edited Mar 17 '16 at 06:08

answered Mar 17 '16 at 05:58

Anand Kumar

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where you declared `strDate`? – prasad Mar 17 '16 at 06:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 17 '16 at 06:07

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You can use a regular expresson, like this (Jan|Feb|Mar...) d{4}

answered Mar 17 '16 at 06:07

Evgeniy Dorofeev

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Code for matching date Pattern

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