java create date from string code example

Example 1: string to date conversion java

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;  
import java.util.Date;  
public class StringToDateExample1 {  
public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception {  
    String sDate1="31/12/1998";  
    Date date1=new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").parse(sDate1);  
    System.out.println(sDate1+"\t"+date1);  
}  
}

Example 2: taking date as input in java

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class StringToDateExample1 {
public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception {
String sDate1="31/12/1998";
Date date1=new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").parse(sDate1);
System.out.println(sDate1+"\t"+date1);
}

Example 3: Java convert date to string

// java convert date to string
import java.util.Date;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
public class DateToStringDemo
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      Date dt = new Date();
      SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
      String strDate = sdf.format(dt);
      System.out.println("Date format - MM/dd/yyyy to string is : " + strDate);
      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-M-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
      System.out.println("Date format - dd-M-yyyy hh:mm:ss to string is : " + strDate);
      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy");
      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
      System.out.println("Date format - dd MMMM yyyy to string is : " + strDate);
      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy zzzz");
      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
      System.out.println("Date format - dd MMMM yyyy zzzz to string is : " + strDate);
      sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z");
      strDate = sdf.format(dt);
      System.out.println("Date format - E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z to string is : " + strDate);
   }
}