Java how to make date from string

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how can i make Date data type from String in java? input: String "2014/01/01 18:02:02" => output: Date 2014/01/01 18:02:02

there are many formatter and parsing class like DateFormat , you can use anyone. — Panther, Dec 24 '14 at 04:59

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 24 '14 at 04:56

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please use SimpleDateFormat to parse String To Date.

In there you can find suitable DateFormat to convert this String to Date.

answered Dec 24 '14 at 04:56

Ruchira Gayan Ranaweera

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 24 '14 at 05:00

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you can try this

String dateString = "2014/01/01 18:02:02";
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
LocalDateTime StringAsDate = LocalDateTime.parse(dateString, formatter);

I would recommend using Time(java.time) API instead of java.util for your Date & Time needs as it is new and exclusively added to java for Date & Time operations.

answered Dec 24 '14 at 05:00

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Since Java 8 LocalDateTime is an improvement of Date (for date+time). – Joop Eggen Dec 24 '14 at 05:03

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 24 '14 at 05:02

You could use a DateFormat to parse and format (they're reciprocal functions) the String. Something like,

String str = "2014/01/01 18:02:02";
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
try {
    Date d = df.parse(str);
    System.out.println(df.format(d));
} catch (ParseException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Output is (as requested)

2014/01/01 18:02:02

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 24 '14 at 04:58

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You can use the following code snippet -

String dateString = "10-11-2014";
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
Date inputDate = dateFormat.parse(dateString);

answered Dec 24 '14 at 04:58

Razib

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 24 '14 at 05:03

You can try this too.

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
String dateInString = "2014/01/01 18:02:02";
Date date = formatter.parse(dateInString);
System.out.println(date);
System.out.println(formatter.format(date));

It is a working and it is also suitable to you as it is not complicated. you will get this output:

Wed Jan 01 18:02:02 IST 2014
2014/01/01 18:02:02

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 24 '14 at 05:06

For your date following code should work :-

String myString = "2014/01/01 18:02:02";
DateFormat myDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm:ss");
Date myDate = myDateFormat.parse(myString);

For more details, see the documentation for SimpleDateFormat. Just make sure you use capital "MM" for month and small "mm" for minute.

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