I have a string "12/9/2010 4:39:38 PM" which i have to convert to a date object. I am using the following code to do it:
String str = "12/9/2010 4:39:38 PM";
DateFormat formatter ;
Date date ;
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("M/dd/yyyy H:m:s a");
date =(Date)formatter.parse(str);
System.out.println("date printed"+date);
However, when im printing the output, i see
Thu Dec 09 04:39:38 IST 2010
How do I get the date exactly the way I declared in the string i.e
12/9/2010 4:39:38 PM
as output? Pls help
You're assuming that the Date value itself remembers the format - it doesn't. Date.toString will do what it wants - because the Date only represents an instant in time.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to format a Date, use your formatter again:
System.out.println(formatter.format(date));
However, that won't necessarily return the exact same value that was in your string, as there may be multiple values which parse the same way. For example, as you've only used "H:m:s", I'd expect "4:5:6" to be parsed the same way as "04:05:06".
You can entirely specify the format of your date output using the class Formatter
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String str = "12/9/2010 4:39:38 PM";
Formatter formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("M/dd/yyyy H:m:s a");
Date date =(Date)formatter.parse(str);
Formatter formatterOutput = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:m:ss a");
String s = formatterOutput.format(date);
Other examples
Format formatter;
// The year
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yy"); // 02
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy"); // 2002
// The month
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("M"); // 1
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM"); // 01
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM"); // Jan
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM"); // January
// The day
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("d"); // 9
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd"); // 09
// The day in week
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("E"); // Wed
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE"); // Wednesday
// Get today's date
Date date = new Date();
// Some examples
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy");
String s = formatter.format(date);
// 01/09/02
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy");
s = formatter.format(date);
// 29-Jan-02
// Examples with date and time; see also
// Formatting the Time Using a Custom Format
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss");
s = formatter.format(date);
// 2002.01.29.08.36.33
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z");
s = formatter.format(date);
// Tue, 09 Jan 2002 22:14:02 -0500
from: http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/java.text/formatdate.html
Use the same formatter:
ReplyDeleteSystem.out.println("date printed "+ formatter.format(date));
Converting it back to String using SimpleDateFormat?
ReplyDeleteformatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:m:ss a");
ReplyDeleteString temp =formatter.format(date );
Java.util.Date has no concept of an intrinsic format - You need to use the format(java.util.Date d) method to see a formatted String representation of your Date object.
ReplyDeleteString str = "12/9/2010 4:39:38 PM";
DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("M/dd/yyyy H:m:s a");
Date date =(Date)formatter.parse(str);
System.out.println("date printed"+formatter.format(date));
Not sure what you are trying to accomplish. But you'll have to call SimpleDateFormat.format() to get what you are expecting. Printing the date directly will get only toString() implementation of Date
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