Date Parsing from one format to another format

Question

I want to change date format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.SSS ( which is stored in database in string format) to mm/dd/yyyy for their comparison

while(rs.next()) 
    {
        reportBean bean=new reportBean();

        String proj_close_date=rs.getString(3);
        String added_on=rs.getString(4);

        DateFormat myDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");

        DateFormat myDateFormat1= new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.SSSSSS");

        Date myDate1 = null;    
        Date myDate2 = null;
        Date myDate3 = null;
        Date myDate4 = null;
        Date myDate5 = null;
      try 
        {
          if(proj_close_date==null || proj_close_date.trim().equals(""))
          {
              System.out.println("\n ****** In IF Loop ");
              bean.setCust_code(rs.getString("customer_code"));
              bean.setProject_code(rs.getString("project_code"));
              list.add(bean);
          }
          else
          {
                System.out.println("\n ****** In Else Loop ");
                myDate1 = myDateFormat.parse(proj_close_date);
                myDate2 = myDateFormat.parse(frm_date);
                myDate3 = myDateFormat.parse(to_date);
                myDate5 = myDateFormat1.parse(added_on);                        
                myDate4 = myDateFormat.format(myDate5);

                System.out.println("Project Code ---->"+rs.getString(2));                                           
                System.out.println("Proj_close_date ------>"+myDate1);
                System.out.println("From Date ---->"+myDate2);
                System.out.println("to Date ---->"+myDate3);
                System.out.println("Added_on --->"+myDate4);
                System.out.println("Added_on 1 ie Date 5 ---->"+myDate5);

                if(myDate1.after(myDate2) && myDate1.before(myDate3))  // means --> if(proj_close_date.after(frm_date) && proj_close_date.before(to_date))
                 {                          
                    if(myDate1.after(myDate4))  // means --> if(proj_close_date.after(added_on))
                    {
                        bean.setCust_code(rs.getString("customer_code"));
                        bean.setProject_code(rs.getString("project_code"));
                        list.add(bean);
                    }               
                   else
                   {
                       bean.setCust_code(rs.getString("customer_code"));
                       bean.setProject_code(rs.getString("project_code"));
                       list.add(bean);
                   }  
               }//if    
          }//else

        }//try   
        catch (ParseException e) 
       {
             System.out.println("Invalid Date Parser Exception ");
             e.printStackTrace();
       }


    }
    rs.close();
    stmt.close();

}
catch(SQLException sex)
{
    sex.printStackTrace();
}
finally
{
    closeConnection();
}

Answer 1

You have set myDateFormat1 to "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.SSSSSS". I think the first mm should be in uppercase.

I recommend you check your format strings with the documentation if SimpleDateFormat.

Answer 2

A few notes

• convention is for Java class names to have each noun capitalised, reportBean becomes ReportBean
• don't refer to SQL columns by position, always use a name instead rs.getString("customer_code") rather than rs.getString(3)
• use meaningful variable names, myDate1 becomes closeDate
• practice debugging your code so you can eliminate System.out.println()
• gracefully release resources, stmt.close() moves within a finally block
• use a logging framework, rather than swallowing Exception, e.g. log.error("Invalid Date Parser Exception", e);

Some specific pointers:

new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.SSSSSS") // as already noted, mm is the format for minute, MM is the format for month

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myDate4 = myDateFormat.format(myDate5); // invalid as you are asigning a String to a Date

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if(myDate1.after(myDate4)) // irrelevant as both if & else block execute the same code

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rs.close() // not necessary as closed when `Statement` is closed

see Javadoc

Are you sure that your database schema is all varchar columns? I'd recommend that you fixed that if its the case. Otherwise you can call rs.getDate() instead.