Parsing Date Example

This example shows how to parsing date using Format class. In this program we use a pattern of special characters to time format.

This example shows how to parsing date using Format class. In this program we use a pattern of special characters to time format.

Parsing Date Example

This example shows how to parsing date 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.

ParsingDate.java




import java.text.*;

import java.util.*;



public class ParsingDate {



  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {



  String s;

  DateFormat formatter;

  Date date;



  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy");




  // parse date according to the given
format



  date = (Date) formatter.parse("1/29/08");  
//

01/29/08





  s = formatter.format(date); 



  System.out.println(s);



  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("DD/MM/yy");

  date = (Date) formatter.parse("1/1/08"); 
//

01/01/08





  s = formatter.format(date);

  System.out.println(s);



  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy");

  date = (Date) formatter.parse("29-Jan-08");

 //

29-Jan-08





  s = formatter.format(date);

  System.out.println(s);

  }

}

Output:

01/29/08
01/01/08
29-Jan-08

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