Date formatting and assignment

Question

I have date in string format of (yyyy-MM-dd), i want to assign this with same format to Date object.

i tried with new SimpleDateFormat(yyy-MM-dd).parse(dateString) and further assigned it to Date, but format not carry.

new SimpleDateFormat(yyy-MM-dd).parse(dateString);

No error in parsing

Date objects do not include formatting information. Also, it's probably about time to start using the `java.time` classes instead of the legacy `java.util` stuff. — Robby Cornelissen, Aug 23 '19 at 06:29
I recommend you don’t use `SimpleDateFormat` and `Date`. Those classes are poorly designed and long outdated, the former in particular notoriously troublesome. Instead use `LocalDate` from [java.time, the modern Java date and time API](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/datetime/). BTW `LccalDate` does print in the format you asked for since it is what its `toString` method produces. — Ole V.V., Aug 23 '19 at 07:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 23 '19 at 06:52

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Try this:

new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").parse(dateString);

In your case three letter y but four needed

answered Aug 23 '19 at 06:52

Elgin

Thanks for wanting to contriute. I’m afraid that it won’t make any difference. – Ole V.V. Aug 23 '19 at 07:35
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Yes it will not impact since assignment is in Date object so format will wiped out. Anyway thanks for contribute. – Prashant Katara Aug 23 '19 at 09:40

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