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Convert string to date with format in java

I want to convert String to Date using following format: "yyyy-MM-dd"

public class TestProgram {

public static void main(String[] args) {

        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.add(Calendar.DATE, -2);
        Date toDelete = new Date(cal.getTimeInMillis());
        SimpleDateFormat s = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
        String formatDate = s.format(toDelete);
        System.out.println( "Date before 2 Days: " + formatDate);
}

}

Current datatype format is String, I want to convert this in Date datatype, how to do that with this format [yyyy-MM-dd].?

Solution

  • You could do something like this just to get Date format:

    String yourdate = "2015-04-08"; Date date = java.sql.Date.valueOf(yourdate);

    Alternatively I recommend using Apache/Joda libraries for date manipulation.