Question

I have My Database data in this format

18-NOV-10

I have to pass the same format into java.util.Date like this

Date date = new java.util.Date(dateformater);

so that the result of java.util.Date is like this 18-NOV-10

Is this possible ??

I tried this way

String strDate = "12-NOV-07";

    SimpleDateFormat sdfSource = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy");

    Date date = sdfSource.parse(strDate);

    System.out.println(date);

But i am getting the result as “Mon Nov 12 00:00:00 IST 2007 ” which i want it only
12-NOV-07″

Answer 1

As others have pointed out, you should probably store your dates as dates, not strings; nevertheless…

If you want to turn a Date back into a string in that format you can use the following:

DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy");
Date date = new Date();
String dateStr = formatter.format(date); // Gives "22-May-11"

If you need MAY instead of May, just use toUpperCase() on the resultant string.