convert string into java.util.date format in java

Question

am having a string like this.

Thu Oct 07 11:31:50 IST 2010

I want to convert this into its exact date time format to store it in SQL.

Answer 1

Try this:

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy");

For future reference read up on the SimpleDateFormat class: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

Answer 2

Can't you do like below

   String str = "Thu Oct 07 11:31:50 IST 2010";
   SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("E MMM dd hh:mm:ss   'IST' yyyy");
   SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd");
   System.out.println(sdf2.format(sdf.parse(str)));

Answer 3

Use this format -'EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy'

Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy")
                      .parse("Thu Oct 07 11:31:50 IST 2010");
System.out.println(date);