SimpleDateFormat parsing problem
Hi All,
I am creating a date "12142007 14:30" by parsing this string with the SimpleDateFormat object. However, when I convert it back to string and ask it to spit it out it gives me a completely different date of "Sun Jun 14 14:00:00 CDT 2009".
Am I missing something here ? Not sure if i have to put something in the parse position. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks and Regards,
*public void test2() throws Exception{*
* SimpleDateFormat sdf3 = new SimpleDateFormat("MMddyyyy HH:MM");*
* Date theDate = sdf3.parse("12142007 14:30");*
* System.out.println(theDate.toString()); *
Edited by: mikematic_wha on Dec 14, 2007 9:42 AM
PeterBro wrote:
Try that again with the spelling corrected
public void Calest()
String tempDate = textField2.getText(); // ie 20080128
SimpleDateFormat ofd = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
Date tod = odf.parse(tempDate); // this line errors
}Peter,
Why don't you return to the thread you started where you got a couple of answers and if you have a follow up question post it there.
[http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5290540]
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