Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { private static final String DATE_SERVER_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"; private static final String DATE_LOCAL_FORMAT = "dd MMMM yyyy"; public static String changeDateFormat(String createDate) { String date = ""; SimpleDateFormat input = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_SERVER_FORMAT); SimpleDateFormat output = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_LOCAL_FORMAT); Date formatDate; try { formatDate = input.parse(createDate); date = output.format(formatDate); } catch (ParseException pe) { pe.printStackTrace(); } return date; } }