UrGEnt HELP ... PARSING DATE

Question

hello,,
I have this string:
String dateTime = "7/10/1996 4:50:00 PM";
I need to convert it to Date ( Parsing) to Date Object...
I am using this Formatting :
SimpleDateFormat parse = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a");
because I need the am/pm info also...
but I get different format
Wed Jul 10 16:50:00 GMT 1996
which is wrong .. I dont know why I get it .. it should be a date object with value: "7/10/1996 4:50:00 PM";
any help ??

Answer 1

gold wrote:
Hi !!
Please make use of the below code,
String dateTime = "7/10/1996 4:50:00 PM";
          SimpleDateFormat parse = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss");
          Date date = new Date(dateTime);
          String formatedDate = parse.format(date);
          System.out.println(formatedDate);I can't help myself I'm going to have to comment.
To basharf,
Please do NOT use that example at least not this part of it.
String dateTime = "7/10/1996 4:50:00 PM";
Date date = new Date(dateTime);The Date constructor that takes a String is deprecated. It was deprecated sometime in the previous century. Why anybody ever thought that was a good idea is beyond me. But that's a rant for another day. As I think you realize, SimpleDateFormat.parse is a better way to create a Date from a formatted String.