Java String to Date Example
- /*
- Java String to Date Example.
- This Java String to Date example shows how to convert Java String to Date object.
- */
- import java.text.ParseException;
- import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
- import java.util.Date;
- public class JavaStringToDate {
- public static void main(String args[]){
- //Java String having date
- String strDate = "21/08/2011";
- /*
- * To convert Java String to Date, use
- * parse(String) method of SimpleDateFormat class.
- *
- * parse method returns the Java Date object.
- */
- try{
- /*
- * Create new object of SimpleDateFormat class using
- * SimpleDateFormat(String pattern) constructor.
- */
- SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
- //convert Java String to Date using parse method of SimpleDateFormat
- Date date = sdf.parse(strDate);
- //Please note that parse method throws ParseException if the String date could not be parsed.
- System.out.println("Date is: " + date);
- }catch(ParseException e){
- System.out.println("Java String could not be converted to Date: " + e);
- }
- }
- }
- /*
- Output of Java String to Date example would be
- Fri Jan 21 00:00:00 IST 2011
- */



