Hi,

You can use the SimpleDateFormat class to format string to date.

Here is the full example code:

package net.roseindia;

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

/*
 * Example of formatting date in Java 
 * from yyyy-mm-dd formaat
 */
public class StringDateFormat {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String dt = "2017-05-08";
        String pattern = "yyyy-mm-dd";
        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
        Date date = null;
        try {
            date = simpleDateFormat.parse(dt);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        System.out.println("Date:" + date);

    }

}

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Hi,

Small update: Use the MM in format, MM is for month. The small (mm) is for minute and you will get wrong results. Current format to be used is:

DateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

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Hi,

Check all the date formatting options at:

• Date Format Example

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Hi,

Here is the output of the program in Eclipse IDE:

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HI,

If you want to learn Java date conversion in detail then check following tutorials:

• Java Date
• Simple Date example
• Comparing two Dates in Java
• Comparing two Dates in Java with the use of after method
• Comparing two Dates in Java with the use of before method
• Getting date by time
• Getting time in Milliseconds
• Simple date formatter example
• Example program to change Date formatting Symbols
• Example program to get all the available time zones
• Time Format Example
• TimeZone Format Example
• Second Format Example
• Minutes Format Example
• Parsing Date Example

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