Android examples for java.util:Date Parse
Parse string value in yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss format to Date
import android.content.Context; import android.text.format.DateFormat; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Date; import java.util.TimeZone; public class Main{ public static final String DATE_FORMAT_NOW = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"; public static Date toDate(String strDate) { Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(); SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT_NOW); try {//w w w.j a v a 2 s. co m return sdf.parse(strDate); } catch (ParseException ex) { return cal.getTime(); } } }