Hello World,
I have date in String "mm/dd/yy" format I want to conver it into String format "yyyy-mm-dd".
I am doing this like

String MY_DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd";
Date d = new Date("05/18/05");
String expDate = new SimpleDateFormat(MY_DATE_FORMAT).format(d);
System.out.println(expDate);

Is there other good way to do this. Because the constructor of Date is depricated now.
I have tried parse() method of DateFormat but it is giving me exception.
I have tried something like this

try {
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat();
Date d = df.parse("05/18/05");
String MY_DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd";
String expDate = new SimpleDateFormat(MY_DATE_FORMAT).format(d);
System.out.println(expDate);
} catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

This code gives me exception :

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "05/18/05"
at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:345)
at StringTest.main(StringTest.java:19)

Experts, please help me in this as early as possible.


Regards,
Sachin Dare.

 

 

Have you tried..

Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy").parse("05/18/05");

 

 

if this is the input :- MM/dd/yy
and this is the desired output :- yyyy-MM-dd

String strTmp = "09/21/04";
Date dtTmp = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy").parse(strTmp);
String strOutDt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").format(dtTmp);

 

 

[url=http://www.javaalmanac.com/egs/java.text/FormatDate.html]Formatting a Date Using a Custom Format[/url]

 

 

[url=http://www.javaalmanac.com/egs/java.text/ParseDate.html]Parsing a Date Using a Custom Format[/url]

 

 

[url=http://www.javaworld.com/jw-12-2000/jw-1229-dates.html]Calculating Java dates: Take the time to learn how to create and use dates[/url]

 

 

ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
Date dtTmp = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy").parse(strTmp, pos);
String strOutDt = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy").format(dtTmp);

 

 

Boo!

 

 

I want urgent help plz

 

 

WTF?!?

 

 

Is this a demon thread?

 

 

Well digging up an ancient post, and not asking a specific question isn't going to get you far

 

 

I am glad to see the infomation about date format here. How about convert a string Jan 3,2007 23:59 to a string mm/dd/yyy. I tried to use

String strTmp = "Jan 3, 2007 23:59";
Date dtTmp = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM d, yyyy H:mm").parse(strTmp);
String strOutDt = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy").format(dtTmp);
System.out.println("CustomReports_EscrowStatement_view.jsp strOutDt" + strOutDt);

The strOutDt is 59/03/2007. It was wrong? Can I get help?

 

 

> String strOutDt = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy").format(dtTmp);

The "mm" is for minutes. Presumably, you want "MM" (you had it right when you parsed the date).

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Thank you very much for your quick respons and great help. I got it right with your help. :-)

Jean