How to convert date from MM/YYYY to MM/DD/YYYY in Java

Question

I want to convert date from MM/YYYY to MM/DD/YYYY, how i can do this using SimpleDateFormat in Java? (Note: DD can be start date of that month)

Answer 1

The simplest approach is using string manipulation.

String date1 = "12/2010";
String date2 = date1.replace("/","/01/");