convert custom date format

[Edward Durai]

consider,

i have a input like

13/12/2008 (dd/mm/yyyy) or 13-12-2008,

I want to change the format to 12/13/2008 (mm/dd/yyyy) or 12-13-2008.

Is it possible? Is there any function available?

Please advise.

[Jesper de Jong]

You could parse the string with the input format, then format the resulting Date object with the output format. For example:

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
 
public class Example
{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
        String text = "13/12/2008";
 
        DateFormat f1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/mm/yyyy");
        Date date = f1.parse(text);
 
        DateFormat f2 = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy");
        String result = f2.format(date);
 
        System.out.println(result);
    }
}