Convert date string from one format to another format using SimpleDateFormat

/*
Convert date string from one format to another format using SimpleDateFormat
This example shows how to convert format of a string containing date
and time to other formats using Java SimpleDateFormat class.
*/
import java.util.Date;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
public class ConvertDateFormats {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//string containing date in one format
String strDate = "12/12/07";
try
{
//create SimpleDateFormat object with source string date format
SimpleDateFormat sdfSource = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yy");
//parse the string into Date object
Date date = sdfSource.parse(strDate);
//create SimpleDateFormat object with desired date format
SimpleDateFormat sdfDestination = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
//parse the date into another format
strDate = sdfDestination.format(date);
System.out.println("Date is converted from dd/MM/yy format to MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
System.out.println("Converted date is : " + strDate);
}
catch(ParseException pe)
{
System.out.println("Parse Exception : " + pe);
}
}
}
/*
Typical output would be
Date is converted from dd/MM/yy format to MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss
Converted date is : 12-12-2007 12:00:00
*/