Date type conversion from dd/mm/yyyy to yyyy-mm-dd

[sumanta panda]

Hello All,

my date is commming in dd/mm/yyyy.I want to convert to yyyy-mm-dd in java.

That is 12/06/2010 to 2010-06-12.

Please suggest.

Thanks,
SKP

[Christophe Verré]

Use SimpleDateFormat.

[Aditya Jha]

Or, if you're sure about the validity of source date, you can use a simple Regular Expression for conversion.

Using SimpleDateFormat lets you validate the input date. This is recommended if, say the source (input) date is a user input or read from a text file etc.