how to convert Tuesday , December 25th, 1900 into MM/dd/yyyy format in java

Question

I have date string like Tuesday , December 25th, 1900, how can I covnert it into MM/dd/yyyy format. I have refereed this link but with a workaround for my date format. Below is what I tried but I'm getting an exception as Unparsable date.

String caseDate = "Tuesday , December 25th, 1900";
SimpleDateFormat inputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, MMMM dd Z yyyy");
Date date = inputFormat.parse(caseDate);
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
String formattedDate = formatter.format(date);
Utils.logtMsg("formattedDate "+formattedDate);

Exception as

Exception ::: Unparseable date: " Tuesday , December 25th, 1900"

There might be an issue because of the etra space after your tuesday. Try this String caseDate = "Tuesday , December 25th, 1900"; SimpleDateFormat inputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE , MMMM dd Z yyyy"); — Pooja Aggarwal, Nov 19 '18 at 06:49
Please refer this url https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.journaldev.com/17899/java-simpledateformat-java-date-format/amp — GauravRai1512, Nov 19 '18 at 06:51
how does your input format match the input string? I mean, did you compare the pattern to the string? `Z` is timezone, multiple commas, etc — UninformedUser, Nov 19 '18 at 06:52
I recommend you avoid the `SimpleDateFormat` class. It is not only long outdated, it is also notoriously troublesome. Today we have so much better in [`java.time`, the modern Java date and time API](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/datetime/). — Ole V.V., Nov 19 '18 at 08:14

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 19 '18 at 06:54

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The issue is that your input string does not match your input format. I changed the format and it is working fine. Try,

String caseDate = "Tuesday , December 25th, 1900";
        SimpleDateFormat inputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE , MMMM dd'th', yyyy");
        Date date = inputFormat.parse(caseDate);
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
        String formattedDate = formatter.format(date);
        System.out.println(formattedDate);

answered Nov 19 '18 at 06:54

Pooja Aggarwal

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I cannot remove the th from the string as this is the actual date I'm receving – Prasad_Joshi Nov 19 '18 at 06:56
I updated my code. Please check now. – Pooja Aggarwal Nov 19 '18 at 06:57
Yes..thanks a lot..saved my day. – Prasad_Joshi Nov 19 '18 at 06:58
No Problem. Accept the answer if it helped you. – Pooja Aggarwal Nov 19 '18 at 06:59
Won’t work for `23rd`, though. – Ole V.V. Nov 19 '18 at 08:15
@Ole V.V. how can you convert dates like Tuesday , December 25th, 1900 this in java .time, please refer link for solutions – Prasad_Joshi Nov 19 '18 at 11:30
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@Prasad_Joshi Combine the pieces from your question and the answers to the linked original questions: `LocalDate.parse("Tuesday , December 25th, 1900", DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("EEEE , MMMM d['st']['nd']['rd']['th'], uuuu", Locale.ENGLISH))`. – Ole V.V. Nov 19 '18 at 11:39
..and the pieces grabbed..works perfectly! thanks @OleV.V. – Prasad_Joshi Nov 19 '18 at 13:25

how to convert Tuesday , December 25th, 1900 into MM/dd/yyyy format in java

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