How to convert string to date format in java?

Question

How to convert string "Monday, 10 January 2017 | 04:58 PM" to a java.sql.Date 2017-01-10?

Answer 1

Use SimpleDateFormat:

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
      SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEEEE, dd MMMMMMM yyyy | hh:mm a");
      Date parsed = format.parse("Monday, 10 January 2017 | 04:58 PM");
      java.sql.Date sql = new java.sql.Date(parsed.getTime());
    } catch (ParseException e){
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}