String to Date conversion returning wrong value

Question

I am trying to convert a String into Date... But the return value is wrong.

String startDate = \"2013-07-24\";
Date date = new Date();
try{         
    DateForm         


        

Answer 1

One issue I see is:

DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-DD"); 

should be:

DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); 

DD represents Day in YEAR. Read this for more information on SimpleDateFormat.