How to convert java.lang.string To java.util.date in java [duplicate]

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how to parse date in java?

I am getting "Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 IST 2011" (java.lang.String) as string and i need to convert it to "01-08-2011" Date(java.Util.Date) ,how to do this

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use the SimpleDateFormat class

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");

to print the date. This will print the current date in predefined formatted using SimpleDateFormat

System.out.println("Current Date " + sdf.format(new Date());

String mydate = "01-08-2011";

to convert string into date

Date parseDate = sdf.parse(mydate);

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Please take a look at (Simple)DateFormat's parse method.

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Look at the SimpleDateFormat class in the javadocs.

Constructs a SimpleDateFormat using the given pattern and the default date format symbols for the default locale

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
System.out.println("Date " + sdf.format(new Date());