Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; public class Main { /** * User friendly date format * * @param date * */ public static String getDateUserFormat(String date) { String formatedDate = ""; if (date != null) { if (date.length() != 0) { SimpleDateFormat userFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy"); SimpleDateFormat sqlFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); try { formatedDate = userFormat.format(sqlFormat.parse(date)); } catch (ParseException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } return formatedDate; } }