Java: Divide string

Question

i have the following string: String date = "01/03/2010"; How to split this string to get separately the date,time and year? i want something like this

String date = "1/3/2010";

int date = 1
int month = 3
int year = 2010

You tagged this question `split`. What method of the `String` class do you think you should use? — Federico klez Culloca, Nov 02 '20 at 11:33
There's two parts needed to get where you want. Look at the `String.split()` method and `Integer.parseInt` — OhleC, Nov 02 '20 at 11:38
Does this answer your question? [How to split a string in Java](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3481828/how-to-split-a-string-in-java) — CodingTil, Nov 02 '20 at 11:38

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 02 '20 at 11:38

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String string = "1/3/2010";
String[] parts = string.split("/");
String part1 = parts[0]; // 1
String part2 = parts[1]; //3
String part2 = parts[2]; //2010

answered Nov 02 '20 at 11:38

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 02 '20 at 11:40

You can use modern date-time API as shown below:

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String dateString = "01/03/2010";
        LocalDate date = LocalDate.parse(dateString, DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy"));
        int day = date.getDayOfMonth();
        int month = date.getMonthValue();
        int year = date.getYear();
        System.out.println("Day: " + day + ", Month: " + month + ", Year: " + year);
    }
}

Output:

Day: 1, Month: 3, Year: 2010

Learn more about the modern date-time API at Trail: Date Time.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 02 '20 at 11:40

String dateString = "01/03/2010";
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy");
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse(dateString, formatter);

int date = localDate.getDayOfMonth();
int month = localDate.getMonthValue();
int year = localDate.getYear();

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 02 '20 at 11:46

You can use LocalDate instead of splitting the String.

String date = "1/3/2010";

// create a pattern that matches your date format
DateTimeFormatter pattern = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("d/M/yyyy");

LocalDate parsed = LocalDate.parse(date, pattern);

You can then obtain various fields of the parsed LocalDate.

parsed.getDayOfMonth(); // 1
parsed.getMonthValue(); // 3
parsed.getYear());      // 2020

Java: Divide string

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