convert string into java.util.date format in java

java string datetime date date-conversion
TKV picture TKV · Jun 5, 2012 · Viewed 16.3k times · Source

am having a string like this.

Thu Oct 07 11:31:50 IST 2010

I want to convert this into its exact date time format to store it in SQL.

Am familiar with so many string to date conversions like the following.

String dateString = "2001/03/09";

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/mm/dd");
Date convertedDate = dateFormat.parse(dateString);

But i need to convert a string like Thu Oct 07 11:31:50 IST 2010 into its Date format with timestamp.

Can anyone explain the proper way of converting this into its java.util.Date format.?

Answer

maksimov picture maksimov · Jun 5, 2012

Try this:

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy");

For future reference read up on the SimpleDateFormat class: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

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