Problem converting date format in Java

Question

I have a string in the form MMM/dd/yyyy, ie. May/21/2010. Now I want to convert it to yyyyMMdd, ie. 20100521.

My code is:

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Answer 1

Use SimpleDateFormat(String pattern, Locale locale) to add Locale to your date parsing (for english, use Locale.ENGLISH).

Better solution:

public String transformPrevDate(String datoe) {
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM/dd/yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat2 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");

    try {
        return dateFormat2.format(dateFormat.parse(datoe));
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}