I want to convert this string to the following date format.
String s = "2-26-2013";
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, MMMM/dd/yyyy").parse(s);
System.out.println(date);
I'm getting this error:
Exception in thread "main" java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2-26-2013"
at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:357)
Well yes. The argument you pass into the constructor of SimpleDateFormat says the format you expect the date to be in.
"EEEE, MMMM/dd/yyyy" would be valid for input like "Tuesday, February/26/2013". It's not even slightly valid for "2-26-2013". You do understand that you're parsing the text at the moment, not formatting it?
It looks like you want a format string of "M-dd-yyyy" or possibly "M-d-yyyy".
If you're trying to convert from one format to another, you need to first specify the format to parse, and then specify the format to format with:
SimpleDateFormat parser = new SimpleDateFormat("M-dd-yyyy");
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, MMMM/dd/yyyy");
Date date = parser.parse(input);
String output = formatter.format(date);
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy").parse(s);
The argument to SimpleDateFormat defines the format your date it in. The above line matches your format, and works. Your example does not match.
Instead of using MMMM/dd/yyyy you need to used MM-dd-yyyy. SimpleDateFormat expects the pattern to match what its trying to parse.
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I'm so ashamed asking this question, but I have no other choice.
I want to convert this string to date:
2015-11-25T19:36:39.571+06:00
To convert it I use SImpleDateFormat:
String str = "2015-11-25T19:36:39.571+06:00";
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ");
Date date = format.parse(str);
System.out.println(date);
When I launch this code it gives to me java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: exception.
I don't know why this is happening.
This should work (In java 7)
String str = "2015-11-25T19:36:39.571+06:00";
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX");
Date date = format.parse(str);
System.out.println(date);
XXX is available in Java 7 as Timezone offset, see the Javadoc http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html
The issue is because of wrong pattern used.Z isInstead of yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ use pattern yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSX
Z represents Time zone in RFC 822 time zone format i.e., like this -0800
So, your code will look like this.
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSX");
Your pattern does not correspond entirely to the input string, you have a slight type in the time zone part of your format.
Change your format in the following way to make it work:
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ");
Or change your input string to:
String str = "2001-07-04T12:08:56.235-07:00";
Please use Below Pattern it works fine
"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX"
There is a problem with your input String according to the pattern you have used.
remove the last ':' from the str variable.
change:
String str = "2015-11-25T19:36:39.571+06:00";
in to:
String str = "2015-11-25T19:36:39.571+0600";
and run. It'll work.
Here is the fiddle:
working link
I am trying to convert a English date from String format to Date and if possible get it as French format.
For example I get something in this format : "2014-07-21T14:31:08+0200"
I am using this line but this raise a ParseException any idea ?
SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.Z");
You have a . in front of the Z inside the format.
SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ");
Date date = simpleDateFormat.parse("2014-07-21T14:31:08+0200");
happily parses.
I am getting the date time in "1/23/2013 6:57:17 AM" format and need to convert it into "2012-01-01T12:00:00" format. I could have solved the issue by using string functions and separating the date and time and dealing with them individually. But the problem is compunded by the fact that the date format is M/D/YYYY and even time has only h:mm:ss which means i cannot assume the number of characters before each delimiter.
I hope someone has dealt with something like this before. Thanks.
No, String functions are not the way to go.
I'd recommend using two DateFormat instances: one for the source format and another for the target format.
DateFormat source = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a");
source.setLenient(false);
DateFormat target = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss");
target.setLenient(false);
String dateAsString = "1/23/2013 12:00:00 AM";
Date d = source.parse(dateAsString);
System.out.println(target.format(d));
Earlier I posted the following question: How can I convert this date in Java?
But now I would like to know how I can convert this string into a date/time.
2010-03-15T16:34:46Z
For example: 03/15/10
UPDATED:
String pattern = "MM/dd/yy 'at' HH:mm";
Date date = new Date();
try {
date = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern).parse(q.getUpdated_at());
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
dateText.setText(new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy 'at' hh:mma").format(date));
Gives me a result like:
Mon Mar 15 16:34:50 MST 2010
How can I format it to be
03/15/10 at 4:34PM
?
Both SimpleDateFormat and joda-time DateTimeFormat can parse this, using this pattern:
String pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'";
For example:
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern).parse(dateString);
And (joda-time):
DateTimeFormatter dtf = DateTimeFormat.forPattern(pattern);
DateTime dateTime = dtf.parseDateTime(s);
Update
You have 2 date formats involved - one for parsing the input, and one for formatting the output. So:
dateText.setText(new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy 'at' hh:mma").format(date));
(Of course, for the sake of optimization, you can instantiate the SimpleDateFormat only once, and reuse it)
In a nutshell, you want to convert a date in a string format to a date in another string format. You have:
2010-03-15T16:34:46Z
and you want
03/15/10 at 4:34PM
You don't want to end up using java.util.Date object as you initially implied in your question. You also don't want to use its toString() since that returns a fixed format as definied in its javadoc.
The answer of Bozho still applies. Use java.text.SimpleDateFormat. First, you need to parse the date in string format into a Date object so that you can format it back into another string format.
// First parse string in pattern "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'" to date object.
String dateString1 = "2010-03-15T16:34:46Z";
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'").parse(dateString1);
// Then format date object to string in pattern "MM/dd/yy 'at' h:mma".
String dateString2 = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy 'at' h:mma").format(date);
System.out.println(dateString2); // 03/15/10 at 4:34PM
If you want to format output string, change following line in your code
dateText.setText(date.toString());
to
dateText.setText(String.format("%1$tm/%1$td/%1$ty at %1$tl:%1$tM%1$Tp", date));
How can I take a string in a format such as: 2008-06-02 00:00:00.0 and convert it to: 02-Jun-2008?
Can I somehow take the original string, convert it to a Date object, then use a formatter to get the final output (rather than parsing the string myself)? Thanks!
You can use SimpleDateFormat to convert between a String and a Date object and vice versa based on a pattern. Click the API link, you'll see patterns being explained in detail. A 4-digit year can be represented with yyyy, a 3-character month abbreviation can be represented with MMM and so on.
First you need to parse the String of the first format into a Date object:
SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");
Date date = sdf1.parse(inputString);
Then you need to format the Date into a String of the second format:
SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
String outputString = sdf2.format(date);
Note that you need to take the Locale into account as well to get the month to be printed in English, else it will use the platform's default locale to translate the month.
Use 2 instances of SimpleDateFormat class. One for converting your input string to date and second to convert date back to string but in another format.
Here is an example of using SimpleDateFormat.
DateFormat startFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S");
DateFormat endFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
String outputString = null;
try {
Date date = startFormat.parse(inputString);
outputString = endFormat.format(date);
} catch(ParseException pe) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(inputString + " is not properly formated.", pe);
}
You can definitely use SimpleDateFormat class like others have recommended.
Another suggestion if it applies in your case. If you are getting this data from a sql query you can also use to_char() method to format it in the query itself. For example: to_char(column_name,'DD-MON-YYYY')