Date Formatter needed.

Question

Hi Friends,
I've this method in my code to display the date.But this is showing the results as:
Fri Feb 07 16:24:42 GMT-05:00 2005
But I need them as:
2005-02-07 08:10:10
I can do this formatting with the "format" method,but i need it done with the "parse" method.I went through some tutorials,but coudn't find any answer,can someone help me please.
private DateFormat dateFormatter;
dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss");
private Date getDate(String s) {
          Date d = null;
          try {               
                                                d = dateFormatter.parse(s);
               } catch (ParseException pe) {}Thanking you in advance.

Answer 1

I can do this formatting with the "format" method,but i need it done with the "parse" method.
But i need it as:
2005-02-04 15:25:10You have answered you own question, use format.
Why do you believe you need to use parse, which pasres a string (as the name suggests)