Convert string to date then format the date

Question

I am formatting a string to a date using the code

String start_dt = \'2011-01-01\';

DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(\"YYYY-MM-DD\"); 
Date date          


        

Answer 1

Tested this code

java.text.DateFormat formatter = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
java.util.Date newDate = new java.util.Date();
System.out.println(formatter.format(newDate ));

http://download.oracle.com/javase/1,5.0/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

Answer 2

Use SimpleDateFormat#format(Date):

String start_dt = "2011-01-01";
DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-DD"); 
Date date = (Date)formatter.parse(start_dt);
SimpleDateFormat newFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
String finalString = newFormat.format(date);