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Hi, I'm using a javascript popup calendar on a web page which can return a timestamp in either of 3 formats (i can choose whichever):

dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:ss
mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss
yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss

I want to convert this form value into the xsd datetime format yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss.

How can I do this?

I have been using the following code, but this just deals with today's date. I need to alter it so that it can deal with the value from the popup calendar:

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'hh:mm:ss");
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer( sdf.format(calendar.getTime()) );
 
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Please keep in mind that the second row can throw a ParseException if you get a string in the wrong format.
 
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Hi Rob, I am aware of that. That's why I'm wondering is there a way to convert the string value into some java calendar instance which can then be parsed?

Regards,

Ruth
 
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Well, there is no direct way of parsing Calendar objects. Instead, you parse Date objects.

When you called calendar.getTime(), that returned a Date object. I basically did the same except without using a Calendar object, which is unnecessary for what you want.

If you do want a Calendar object, create one with Calendar.getInstance(), then use setTime() to set the Date object you got from parsing.
 
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Thanks a lot for your valuable reply to this post.
It was a great help to me as well.
 
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Welcome to JavaRanch

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"Shanti",

Please read your private messages regarding an important announcement.

Thank you,

Rob
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