How to parse a string to a date??

[Inandjo]

hi,
am using jdk1.3.1, and i have a function to parse strings to date like this:

public Date stringToDate (String date) {

DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance();
Date d = null;
try {
d = df.parse(date);
} catch (Exception e) {
.......
}
return d;
}

The date string was of the form "yyyy-mm-dd", but it's always throwing me an unparsable date exception!
What format should i then use for this string

La faim justifie les moyens!

 

[palbano]

You want to use SimpleDateFormat so you can set the format to your goal. The documentation for the class contains all the formatting syntax.

-pete

 

[hologram]

Example :

  private void calcDate() {
    Date date = null;
    DateFormat myDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
    try {
      date = myDate.parse("2003-08-20");
    } catch (ParseException e) {
    }
    System.out.println("Date = " + date);
  }