convert string to date type

Question

I want to convert string to date format, but the following way didn\'t work.

It yields null for birth.

Answer 1

Your code works fine. If you care to use Joda Time you can use this. You can go through the documentation to unleash the complete functionality in case you plan to use the time for DB testing and stuff.

import org.joda.time.DateTime;
DateTime dt = new DateTime("YYYY-MM-DD");//new DateTime("2012-03-30")
System.out.println(dt);