How to receive input as yyyyMMddHHmm format in java?

Question

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(\"yyyyMMddHHmm\");
java.util.Date parsedDate = sdf.parse(\"201212130900\");
java.sql.Timestamp timestamp = new java.sql.Times         


        

Answer 1

In java, to get a formated date, you would do the following:

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmm");
String sdf.format(myDate);

There are loads of options in SimpleDateFormat. I have attached the JavaDoc for you.