Here you can find the source of getStringToDate(String date, String inputDateFormat)
public static Date getStringToDate(String date, String inputDateFormat) throws ParseException
//package com.java2s; /*/*from ww w. ja v a 2 s . co m*/ Copyright (c) 2011,2012,2013,2014 Rohit Jhunjhunwala The program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License This file is part of NSE EOD Data Downloader. NSE EOD Data Downloader is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. NSE EOD Data Downloader is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with NSE EOD Data Downloader. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static Date getStringToDate(String date, String inputDateFormat) throws ParseException { return new SimpleDateFormat(inputDateFormat).parse(date); } }