Reputation: 3367
I have a string with this value, for example: "20130211154717" I want it to be like "2013-02-11 15:47:17". How can I do that?
Upvotes: 1
Views: 753
Reputation: 234847
You can use the substring()
method to get what you want:
String data = "20130211154717";
String year = data.substring(0, 4);
String month = data.substring(4, 2);
// etc.
and then string them together:
String formatted = year + "-" + month + "-" + . . .
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 67440
What you want to use for this is a SimpleDateFormat. It has a method called parse()
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 328737
You can use two SimpleDateFormat: one to parse the input and one to produce the output:
String input = "20130211154717";
Date d = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddhhmmss").parse(input);
String output = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").format(d);
System.out.println("output = " + output);
Upvotes: 8
Reputation: 223123
You can use regular expressions for that:
String formattedDate = plainDate.replaceFirst(
"(\\d{4})(\\d{2})(\\d{2})(\\d{2})(\\d{2})(\\d{2})",
"$1-$2-$3 $4:$5:$6");
Though, I like assylias's SimpleDateFormat
answer better. :-)
Upvotes: 1