Parsing Date And Time Example
This example shows how to parsing date and time using Format class. In this program we use a pattern of special characters to time format.
This example shows how to parsing date and time using Format class. In this program we use a pattern of special characters to time format.
Parsing Date And Time Example

This example shows how to parsing date and time using Format class. In this program we use a pattern of special characters to time format.
Description of the code :
SimpleDateFormat() : SimpleDateFormat class use for formatting and parsing dates. It allows for formatting date into text , parsing text into date and normalization.
format() : This method is used for format Date class object into date / time and appends the it into the StringBuffer.
ParsingDateandTime.java
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
public class ParsingDateandTime {
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
String s;
DateFormat formatter;
Date date;
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss");
date = (Date) formatter.parse("2002.01.29.08.36.33");
s = formatter.format(date);
System.out.println(s);
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z");
date = (Date) formatter.parse("Tue, 29 jan 2002 22:14:02 -0500");
s = formatter.format(date);
System.out.println(s);
}
}
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Output:
2002.01.29.08.36.33
Wed, 30 Jan 2002 08:44:02 +0530
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