how to convert mm/dd/yyyy to yyyy-mm-dd in java [duplicate]

Answer 1

Ex -

String dob = "05/02/1989";  //its in MM/dd/yyyy
String newDate = null;
Date dtDob = new Date(dob);
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

try {
      newDate = sdf.format(dtDob);
} catch (ParseException e) {}

System.out.println(newDate); //Output is 1989-05-02