Java: Convert String object to Date object

Question

How can I convert a String object to a Date object?

I think I need to do something like this:

Date d=(some conversion ) "String "

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi, try the following:

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy");
Date date = dateFormat.parse("1.1.2001");

For details refer to: SimpleDateFormat documentation

Answer 2

you should parse the string with the SimpleDateFormat class

Answer 3

See Sun's Java tutorial and the class SimpleDateFormat

Answer 4

Use a SimpleDateFormat with a format string, which matches your actual format:

    SimpleDateFormat sdf = 
  new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
 Date d = sdf.parse("2009-10-09");

Answer 5

use

Date date = DateFormat.getInstance.parse( dateString );

Answer 6

java.text.SimpleDateFormat that extends java.text.DateFormat abstract class.

 DateFormat MYDate = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy"); 
 Date today = MYDate.parse("09/10/2009");

Answer 7

Date-to-String conversion is a relatively complex parsing operation, not something you can do with a simple cast as you are trying.

You'll have to use a DateFormat. It can be as simple as:

Date d = DateFormat.getDateInstance().parse("09/10/2009");

But this changes the expected date format depending on the locale settings of the machine it's running on. If you have a specific date format, you can use SimpleDateFormat:

Date d = new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy HH:mm").parse("4 Jul 2001 12:08");

Note that the parse method will always expect one specific format, and will not try to guess what could be meant if it receives a different format.