convert string into date format in java

Question

I want to convert this string to the following date format.

  String s = \"2-26-2013\";
  Date date = new SimpleDateFormat(\"EEEE, MMMM/dd/yyyy\").parse(s);
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Answer 1

Instead of using MMMM/dd/yyyy you need to used MM-dd-yyyy. SimpleDateFormat expects the pattern to match what its trying to parse.