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Error when converting date format to another

I have a String in format "YYYY-MM-dd" and i want convert this into "MMM dd, yyyy" format.

I used bellow code to do this; But when i convert "2014-11-18" the output is this "Sun Dec 29 00:00:00 IST 2013"

How can I solve this?

DateFormat target=new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy");
String P_date="2014-11-18"
Date test1 = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY-MM-dd").parse(P_date);

String converted_date=target.format(test1);
Date test=target.parse(converted_date);
Solution

  • The y (lowercase Y) format means "year". Y (uppercase Y) you were using means "WeekYear". Just use y and you should be OK:

    DateFormat target=new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy");
String P_date="2014-11-18";
Date test1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").parse(P_date);

String converted_date=target.format(test1);
Date test=target.parse(converted_date);