Example of convert String to Date

[Kumar Naidu]

Hi all

i have some Problem covert String to Date i am sending My code also.

Date currentDatetime = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
SimpleDateFormat formatter1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss aaa");
String myDate = formatter1.format(currentDatetime);
System.out.println(myDate);
Date ss =formatter1.parse(myDate);
System.out.println(ss);

O/p: 2006-09-04 11:41:07 AM
Mon Sep 04 11:41:07 GMT+05:30 2006 (I want same Format in Date Type also yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss aaa");

Thanks&Regards
Vinay

[Christophe Verré]

You've got to use a formatter as in your first output, to get the desired format. Calling print on a Date instance will call Date.toString(), which uses "dow mon dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy" as the output format.