Convert String to Date object : Date « Data Type « Java






  1. Java
  2. Data Type
  3. Date

Convert String to Date object

    

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
    DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");

    Date today = df.parse("20/12/2005");
    System.out.println("Today = " + df.format(today));
  }
}








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