How to format the date retrieved from the database

Question

I retrieved date time from the database and kept it into a ArrayList<String> type variable. Now I want to format this string.So I need to make a date object firstly. But some problems occurred when I making date object. Following is my code.

Date date = new Date(bookingTime.get(i));

Here bookingTime is the ArrayList. Can anyone suggest me what is wrong..

Answer 1

Here is the answer...

String date = "2014-11-25 14:30";
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM");
        Date testDate = null;
        try {
            testDate = sdf.parse(date);
        }catch(Exception ex){
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd,yyyy hh:mm a");
        String newFormat = formatter.format(testDate);
        System.out.println(".....Date..."+newFormat);