Java date is not preserving milliseconds in conversion with simple date format

Question

I\'m trying to convert the following string \"2012-04-13 04:08:42.794\" to a date type:

    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(\         


        

Answer 1

Instead of printing using toString() you can make your own printing method, so it prints the information you want specifically. Also note that most of the Date class is deprecated - look at http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Date.html