Question

I am trying to format a string date as follows:

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
Date d = df.parse("11-02-2012");

However, when I inspect the d variable it is: “Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 16” (12/02/2016)

Can anyone help me properly format this so, I get the right results?

Answer 1

I see the correct value:

import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Test
{
  public static void main(String args[])
  {
    new Test();
  }

  public Test()
  {
    try
    {
    DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
    Date d = df.parse("11-02-2012");

    System.out.println(d);
    }
    catch(Exception e) { }
  }
}

And I get

Fri Nov 02 00:00:00 UTC 2012

What TimeZone do you have set?