Java Utililty Methods String to Date

List of utility methods to do String to Date

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The list of methods to do String to Date are organized into topic(s).

Method

StringtoDateString(long ms)
to Date String 
return format(ms, "yyyy-MM-dd");
StringtoDateString(String fmt, Date date)
to Date String 
return new SimpleDateFormat(fmt).format(date);
DatetoDateStyleBoth(String dateStr)
to Date Style Both 
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
try {
    return sdf.parse(dateStr);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
return null;
DatetoDatetime(String sDate)
to Datetime 
try {
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ");
    return sdf.parse(sDate);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);
StringtoDateTimeFormat(String input, String inputfmt, String outputfmt)
to Date Time Format 
Date date = null;
SimpleDateFormat infmt = new SimpleDateFormat(inputfmt);
try {
    date = infmt.parse(input);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
SimpleDateFormat outFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(outputfmt);
...
StringtoDateTimeSSSString(long datetime)
to Date Time SSS String 
return new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS").format(new java.util.Date(datetime));
StringtoDateTimeString(java.util.Date date)
Makes a combined data and time string in the format "MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS" from a Date. 
if (date == null)
    return "";
String dateString = toDateString(date);
String timeString = toTimeString(date);
if (dateString != null && timeString != null) {
    return dateString + " " + timeString;
} else {
    return "";
...
StringtoDateTimeString(java.util.Date date)
Makes a combined data and time string in the format "MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS" from a Date. 
if (date == null)
    return "";
String dateString = toDateString(date);
String timeString = toTimeString(date);
if (dateString != null && timeString != null)
    return dateString + " " + timeString;
else
    return "";
...
DatetoDateWithFormatString(String date, String format)
Returns a Java representation of a date string. 
if (date == null)
    return null;
try {
    return new SimpleDateFormat(format).parse(date);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
            "Unable to parse date '" + date + "' using format string '" + format + "'", e);
DatetoDateWithTimezone(String dateTime, String pattern)
To date with timezone. 
Date date = new Date();
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, Locale.ENGLISH);
date = sdf.parse(dateTime);
return date;