How to get a Date object from String

Question

DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(\"MM/dd/yyyy\' \'HH:mm:ss\");
Date d = (Date)formatter.parse(dateTime);
System.out.println(\"date in controller \"+d);
         


        

Answer 1

You are using d an object of Date class, so its toString method is called that gives the output as Mon Dec 31 16:04:57 IST 2012.

If you want to display it in the format that you have specified in your SimpleDateFormat then try using this :

DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy' 'HH:mm:ss");
Date d = (Date)formatter.parse(dateTime);
System.out.println("date in controller "+ formatter.format(d));