Question

I am getting date as string as a parameter from Servlet.
Now when I am trying to parse it again to get util.Date, it gives me error.

I am getting string "Fri Jul 02 00:00:00 IST 2010" & I want util.Date from it.
Tried SimpleDateFormat, DateFormat but didn’t work.

Answer 1

The exact date format of your string-represented date is:

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("E MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy");

But I would suggest on configuring your custom format, and use it for converting back and forth.