String conversion

[reena Mehta]

I want to convert String in to Date format

[Jesper de Jong]

You can use the class java.text.SimpleDateFormat to do that - look it up in the API documentation.

[Mohamed Sanaulla]

Additionally you can check out: JavaDatesFaq. I always keep sharing this link for every String-Date related queries

[Bobby Smallman]

When in doubt, check the API. Not only will it help you become to have a better understanding of Java but going through the API yourself is definitely faster than waiting for responses on a forum (even if the Ranch has incredibly fast responses!). Good luck to you!

[Swastik Dey]

As said you can use the SimpleDateFormat class.

Following is a sample code snippet

public Date giveMeDate(String strDate){
	SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
	Date dt=null;
	try
	{
		dt = df.parse("20/12/2010");
	} catch (ParseException e)
	{
		e.printStackTrace();
	}
	return dt;	
}