How to Convert String to Date in Java

In this example we will show how to convert string to date in Java.

Source Code

1) String = ‘2019-02-26’

package com.beginner.examples;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class String2DateExample1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

    	SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
        String str = "2019-02-26";

        try 
        {

            Date date = sdf.parse(str);
            System.out.println(date);
            System.out.println(sdf.format(date));

        } 
        catch (ParseException e) 
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Output:

Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 UTC 2019
2019-02-26

2) String = ’26/02/2019′

package com.beginner.examples;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class String2DateExample2 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

    	SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
        String str = "26/02/2019";

        try 
        {

            Date date = sdf.parse(str);
            System.out.println(date);
            System.out.println(sdf.format(date));

        } 
        catch (ParseException e) 
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Output:

Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 UTC 2019
2019-02-26

3) String = ’26-February-2019′

package com.beginner.examples;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class String2DateExample3 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

    	SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
        String str = "26-February-2019";

        try 
        {

            Date date = sdf.parse(str);
            System.out.println(date);
            System.out.println(sdf.format(date));

        } 
        catch (ParseException e) 
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Output:

Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 UTC 2019
2019-02-26

References

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