Overview

In this tutorial, we will convert String to Date in Java sample program.

Sample Java Program

import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;

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public class StringToDateDemo {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 try { 
 String dateStr ="21-Dec-2012";
 Date date; 
 DateFormat formatter; 
 formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
 date = (Date)formatter.parse(dateStr); 
 Calendar calendar=Calendar.getInstance();
 calendar.setTime(date);
 System.out.println("Date is :=" + date );
 } catch (Exception exp)
 {
 System.out.println("Exception :"+exp);
 } 
 }
} 

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