Question

I have a date coming in JSON feeds in the format below:

 mm/dd/yyyy  for example today's date  10/26/2011

I want to convert it to another format, which is, infact a detailed date format as:

 Wed, 26 OCT 2011

How can i do that..??? I know this could be very simple, but am still a newbie, Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

It’s not very educational, but here’s the solution ready to handle your request:

String dateString = "10/26/2011";
String dateStringParsed = "";
SimpleDateFormat format1 = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
SimpleDateFormat format2 = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy");

try {
    Date parsed = format1.parse(dateString);
    dateStringParsed = format2.format(parsed);
}
catch(ParseException pe) { 
    //handle the exception
}

AFAIK, capitals in month are not available via SimpleDateFormat. You’re gonna have to change it manually if it’s necessary.