Convert the String to date format

[Roopa Kamath]

I have a Date in String format -'15-03-2011 15:27:53' .
When i parse this, using the Dateformat, am getting the output as 'Tue Mar 15 15:27:53 IST 2011'
But,I want the date in the same format 'dd/MM/YYYY hh:mm:ss' ('15-03-2011 15:27:53')

IS there any way, I can do this..

Here is my code :

DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss");

long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(now);
System.out.println("now: "+ formatter.format(calendar.getTime()));

Date date = (Date)formatter.parse(formatter.format(calendar.getTime()));
System.out.println("Date:" + date);

Output:

now : 15-03-2011 15:27:53
Date:Tue Mar 15 15:27:53 IST 2011

[Vinoth Kumar Kannan]

Actually what you're doing is, you're constructing a date object with the information you have in a String and you're then printing the Date object. The date object has a standard formatting and it is how its toString() method has been implemented internally.

But,I want the date in the same format 'dd/MM/YYYY hh:mm:ss' ('15-03-2011 15:27:53')

You can have a date in such customized format only when you convert it into a String. Like what you already did..

formatter.format(date)

[damodar kumar]

go for below modified code

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; 
import java.util.Calendar; 
import java.util.Date; 


public class timestamp {
	
	public static void main(String[] args){ 
/*	DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"); 
	Date date1 = Calendar.getInstance().getTime(); 
	long now = System.currentTimeMillis(); 
	Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(); 
	calendar.setTimeInMillis(now); 
	System.out.println("now: "+ formatter.format(calendar.getTime())); 

	Date date;
	try {
		date = (Date)formatter.parse(date1.toString());
		System.out.println("Date:" + date); 
	} catch (ParseException e) {
		// TODO Auto-generated catch block
		e.printStackTrace();
	} */
		
		
		Date date = Calendar.getInstance().getTime(); 
		
		DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"); 
		       
		String today = formatter.format(date); 
		      
		System.out.println("Today : " + today); 
	
	}


}

[Roopa Kamath]

Vinoth Kumar Kannan wrote:Actually what you're doing is, you're constructing a date object with the information you have in a String and you're then printing the Date object. The date object has a standard formatting and it is how its toString() method has been implemented internally.

But,I want the date in the same format 'dd/MM/YYYY hh:mm:ss' ('15-03-2011 15:27:53')

You can have a date in such customized format only when you convert it into a String. Like what you already did..

formatter.format(date)

AM getting the Date obnject, as shown in the output. But is there any way, that I can format it to my required format like dd/mm/yyyy....

[Roopa Kamath]

damodar kumar wrote:go for below modified code

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; 
import java.util.Calendar; 
import java.util.Date; 


public class timestamp {
	
	public static void main(String[] args){ 
/*	DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"); 
	Date date1 = Calendar.getInstance().getTime(); 
	long now = System.currentTimeMillis(); 
	Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(); 
	calendar.setTimeInMillis(now); 
	System.out.println("now: "+ formatter.format(calendar.getTime())); 

	Date date;
	try {
		date = (Date)formatter.parse(date1.toString());
		System.out.println("Date:" + date); 
	} catch (ParseException e) {
		// TODO Auto-generated catch block
		e.printStackTrace();
	} */
		
		
		Date date = Calendar.getInstance().getTime(); 
		
		DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"); 
		       
		String today = formatter.format(date); 
		      
		System.out.println("Today : " + today); 
	
	}


}

Thie above code you sent, prints the date whiohc is nothing but a String . But I want the date Object in the same format.

[Swastik Dey]

I don't think the format of Date object it self can be changed. What you need to do is to get it as a String. Moreover where do you have such a requirement?

[Mohamed Sanaulla]

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