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user1642947
user1642947

Reputation: 69

Get Date object from String in form 2012-07-26 23:59:59

I have the input string as 2012-07-27 and I want the output as Date but with the same format like 2012-07-27

Code

 DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss");

        try {
            Date today = df.parse("20-12-2005 23:59:59");
            System.out.println("Today = " + df.format(today));

                     } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

Output

20-12-2005 23:59:59

But it's string object I want the same output (20-12-2005 23:59:59) as date object not as string object.

How can I get the Date in the form DD-MM-YYYY HH:MM:SS?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3521

Answers (3)

kosa
kosa

Reputation: 66657

Date today is the date object you get for input String. There are nothing like formatted dates in Java. Date is always just date object. You perform all sorts of operations on that date object and when you want to Store (or) display just apply format()

df.format(today) // is just for formatting and display purpose.

Upvotes: 2

Dimitrios K.
Dimitrios K.

Reputation: 1028

The Date class has many deprecated methods and the only correct way to create it right now is via a long (read doc for details).

You should look into GregorialCalendar where you can pass some constant fields of Calendar as attributes.

If you want to input the date from your String, I would either do a custom parser that creates a calendar or something like this.

Hope I helped :)

Upvotes: 0

Amit Deshpande
Amit Deshpande

Reputation: 19185

There is difference in your format passed to SimpleDateFormat and way you are passing date string. You should Also use HH 

            DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss");
    try {
        Date today = df.parse("20-12-2005 23:59:59");
        System.out.println("Today = " + df.format(today));
                       //To Print Real Today 
                    System.out.println("Real Today = " + df.format(new Date()));

    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

Upvotes: 0

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