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

Answer 1

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class FormatDate {

  private SimpleDateFormat inSDF = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy");
  private SimpleDateFormat outSDF = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd");

  public String formatDate(String inDate) {
    String outDate = "";
    if (inDate != null) {
        try {
            Date date = inSDF.parse(inDate);
            outDate = outSDF.format(date);
        } catch (ParseException ex) 
            System.out.println("Unable to format date: " + inDate + e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    return outDate;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    FormatDate fd = new FormatDate();
    System.out.println(fd.formatDate("12/10/2013"));
  }

}