Question

I need to convert a String containing date into an date object. The String will be of the format “yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS” and I want the same format in an date object.

For instance I have a string “2012-07-10 14:58:00.000000”, and I need the resultant date object to be of the same format.

I have tried the below methods but, the resultant is not as expected.

java.util.Date temp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS").parse("2012-07-10 14:58:00.000000");

DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss");
                Date thisDate = dateFormat.parse("2012-07-10 14:58:00.000000");

The result is “Tue Jan 10 14:58:00 EST 2012”. Please let me know where I am going wrong.

Thanks,
Yeshwanth Kota

Answer 1

java.util.Date temp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS").parse("2012-07-10 14:58:00.000000");

The mm is minutes you want MM

CODE

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
        java.util.Date temp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS")
                .parse("2012-07-10 14:58:00.000000");
        System.out.println(temp);
    }
}

Prints:

Tue Jul 10 14:58:00 EDT 2012