String to date format

[Krishnareddy Yeruva]

Hi ,
I have the date in string format like string date = "20101222"
Now I want to convert it to MM/dd/yyyy format.
I am getting "null" while i am trying to do it by using the following code




public static Date getDate(String date){
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
try{
return sdf.parse(date);
}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println("Error While parsing the date"+ e.getMessage());
}
}

So can you please help me out regarding this?

[Mohamed Sanaulla]

You need to have a String which can be parsed into the required format.

Also have a look at JavaDatesFaq

[S. Nitesh]

Your SimpleDateFormat is expecting the input date String in "yyyyMMdd" format and you are passing date
String of format "MM/dd/yyyy" .

Try this

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");

[Krishnareddy Yeruva]

Hi Nitesh and Mohamed,
Thanks for your reply..
What you said is right. But I want to display the given date(20101222) to the format like ("MM/dd/yyyy");
Is there anyway to do like this?

[Rob Spoor]

Use another DateFormat to format the parsed Date back into a String.

[Krishnareddy Yeruva]

Thanks Rob,
It is working. Thanks a lot