How to convert a String to Calendar ?

Question

Hello all,
I need to convert a date which is in the form dd-mon-yyyy to a Calendar. Can any one help me ?. This is my first post here.

Answer 1

And an example:import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Test {
    public static void main (String[] parameters) {
        try {
            System.out.println (getDate (getCalendar ("17 jun 2003", "dd MMM yyyy"), "d MMMM yyyy"));
        } catch (ParseException exception) {
            exception.printStackTrace (System.err);
            System.exit (- 1);
    private static Calendar getCalendar (String date, String format) throws ParseException {
        Calendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar ();
        calendar.setTime (new SimpleDateFormat (format).parse (date));
        return calendar;
    private static String getDate (Calendar calendar, String format) {
        return new SimpleDateFormat (format).format (calendar.getTime ());
}Kind regards,
  Levi