String reverse

[Ivan Kesic]

Hello

I have a string looking like this "2001-12-12". I need to transform it to look like this "12-12-2001" How do i do this?
StringBuilder reverse() just give me "21-21-1002" but that is not what i need. Is there any way to do this, or i need to make my own method?

[Randall Fairman]

Use String.split() to split on occurrence of '-', and you'll have the three separate pieces you need. Now put them back together in the order you want them.

[Ramon Anger]

Hi Ivan,

there is no direct way for this type of string conversion. You could to the following:
Convert your string into a Date and use SimpleDateFormat to get the string representation of this Date in the format you want.
See for instance http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

BTW, if you have all the time your 2001-12-12 format it's easier to implement your own conversion method using the dashes as stop flags.

Regards,
Ramon

[Ivan Kesic]

Ok ill convert it with dashes, thank you!