Java tutorial
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; import java.util.TimeZone; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { String inputText = "Nov 10,2015"; TimeZone utc = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"); SimpleDateFormat inputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM d,yyyy", Locale.US); inputFormat.setTimeZone(utc); SimpleDateFormat outputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.US); outputFormat.setTimeZone(utc); Date parsed = inputFormat.parse(inputText); String outputText = outputFormat.format(parsed); System.out.println(outputText); } }