Convert Date String Formats in Java

Question

I am receiving Date Strings in this Format dd-MMM-yyyy I am intending to convert the Strings to format yyyy-MM-dd by trying to parse the String but I am getting an error

Unparseable date: 01-AUG-2014

I am trying to do:

SimpleDateFormat form new SimpleDateFormat ("yyyy-MM-dd");
String datefrom = "01-AUG-2014"
Date dfrom = form.parse(datefrom);//getting error here

How can I convert the String 01-AUG-2014 to 2014-08-01?

I am not trying to Convert the String to date. I want to reformat it to a different Format but retain it as String. — Stanley Mungai, Oct 23 '14 at 07:10

akash · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-23T07:09:58.647

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It should be dd-MMM-yyyy use MMM instead for Month name to parse and than use format on date object you get from parsing.

FOR EXAMPLE

    SimpleDateFormat form = new SimpleDateFormat ("dd-MMM-yyyy");//For parsing
    String datefrom = "01-Aug-2014";
    Date date=form.parse(datefrom);
    SimpleDateFormat myForm = new SimpleDateFormat ("yyyy-MM-dd");//for formating
    System.out.println(myForm.format(date));//new formatted String
   //String formatterDate=myForm.format(date);

edited Oct 23 '14 at 07:09

answered Oct 23 '14 at 07:04

akash

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But this will give me the date in the Same format I want the date in yyyy-MM-dd format – Stanley Mungai Oct 23 '14 at 07:09

Convert Date String Formats in Java

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